4.7-magnitude earthquake rattles Malibu and Southern California coast

LOS ANGELES — A 4.7-magnitude earthquake rattled the Southern California coast on Thursday morning, with residents of the affluent enclave of Malibu feeling the brunt of the tremor.

The quake was centered about 4 miles north of Malibu and was felt east across Los Angeles County and south throughout Orange County, United States Geological Survey officials said.

The quake happened at about 7:28 a.m. PT about 7 miles below surface, officials said.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or structural damage, said L.A. County Sheriff’s Sgt. Adam Zeko, based at the department’s Malibu/Lost Hills Station not far from the epicenter.

Susan Hough, a scientist with the USGS’s Earthquake Hazards Program, called Thursday’s quake a “relatively weak shaking” event that “would have been felt over most of the greater Los Angeles area, which has an awful lot of people.”

Malibu, home of Pepperdine Univeristy, did not report any immediate damage and classes at the school were expected to go on as scheduled on Thursday.

“It shook the building, a two-story building, pretty good,” Pepperdine spokesperson Michael Friel said of the quake. “We have no reports, at this time, of any damage and thankfully, of course, of any injuries.”