Mother Nature has a bone to pick with Los Angeles, not only sending Hurricane Hilary to the city of angels … but hitting its residents with an earthquake at the SAME DAMN TIME.
That’s right, just as Angelinos were trapped inside, watching their favorite Netflix shows, surfing social media or deciding where to order some Uber Eats, a 5.1 magnitude quake, centered in Ojai rocked the city.
Luckily, at the time of this post, there doesn’t seem to have been any significant damage … but the whole thing’s gotta be scary nonetheless as rain continues to come down.
Most West Coast folks also got a firsthand taste of the earthquake warning system on their phones when an alert was blasted out reading, “Earthquake Detected! Drop, Cover, Hold On. Protect Yourself.”
The National Weather Service has been using push notifications for the storm since it hit L.A. early Sunday morning. Just 2 hours before the earthquake alert went out, residents’ phones blew up with a warning for flash floods in several areas.
For those unaware, Hilary, which has been downgraded to a tropical storm, made landfall in Mexico, while the neighbors to the north are getting rained down … officials say it could be the most devastating storm to hit the state in years.
Safe to say, SoCal dwellers have a lot on their plates at the moment … and the earthquake was the wet and rainy icing on top!!!
TMZ Staff
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