Oscar Night Earthquake Rattles Los Angeles Hours After Ceremony


Hours after Anora rocked Hollywood with the Best Picture Oscar to cap a five-win night, a magniture-3.9 earthquake shook things up just north of the Dolby Theatre.

No injuries of damage were reported in the immediate aftermath of the temblor, which struck at 10:13 p.m. PT, three hours after the last Academy Award was handed out. MyRumors staffers at post-Oscar parties reported that they didn’t feel the shake.

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The epicenter was 1.4 miles east-southeast of North Hollywood, about 1.7 miles north of Universal City and 2.5 miles east-northeast of Studio City. The quake was at a depth of 9.5 miles.

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Shaking was felt as far west as Santa Monica and at least as far east as Los Feliz.

Los Angeles County Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said units were not deployed around the region to check for infrastructure damage. After a temblor, LAFD usually deploys a strategic survey by land, air and sea of all districts around the city.

As of 10:45 p.m. PT, no aftershock had been reported by the U.S. Geological Survey.

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