Did you feel it?
At 12:30 this afternoon, an earthquake which immediately registered as a 5.3 sent its waves through Newport Beach. The quake was centered at 33.844°N 119.716°W near Santa Cruz in the Channel Islands.
You can find more updated information, here: http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Maps/Los_Angeles.html
For more information about how to be prepared, check out our award-winning Civilian Emergency Response Team, CERT.
Remember, if you have questions about earthquakes, you can always check the live feed at this URL: http://savenewport.com/earthquakes/