3.5 earthquake near South Pasadena shakes parts of Southern California <br />A 3.5-magnitude earthquake in the South Pasadena area shook parts of Southern California on Sunday morning, June 2, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.<br /><br />The quake, at 9:56 a.m., was centered 2.3 miles south southwest of Pasadena, 2.4 miles west southwest of Alhambra, and 3 miles west northwest of Monterey Park, according to the USGS.<br /><br />It occurred at a depth of nearly seven miles.<br /><br />The earthquake could be felt in parts of the San Gabriel Valley, downtown Los Angeles and elsewhere.<br /><br />Seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones, who was in South Pasadena at the time, posted on X that the quake was “sharp and short.”<br /><br />She added, “The focal mechanism shows east-west thrust faulting, much like the 1987 Whittier Narrows quake. (Sunday’s) quake is west of that event.”<br /><br />A thrust fault is a break in the Earth’s crust, with older rocks pushed above younger rocks.<br /><br />No injuries or damage were immediately reported.
