Earthquake!

I've never been a huge fan of earthquakes.  Tonight didn't really add to my enjoyment of them.  Let's just say the cake plates no longer reside on top of the china cabinet.  Not sure where they are going to live, but it will be somewhere much safer and less likely to result in a pile of glass.

Here's a map of the earthquake.
And, here's what NBC News had to say about it...

The quake, which the USGS reported earlier as magnitude-5.0, struck at 8:39 p.m. Its epicenter was about two miles northeast of Hawthorne, according to the USGS.

The rumbling lasted about 10 to 15 seconds. Shaking was felt throughout the Los Angeles area and as far south as San Diego.

NBCLA.com visitors reported feeling the jolt in Burbank, Pomona, San Bernardino and other areas.

There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

A magnitude-3.1 aftershock was reported at about 8:45 p.m.

In El Segundo, burglar alarms were triggered and the Chevron refinery had a "burnoff," when excess refinery gases were burned, said Sgt. Mike Gill of the El Segundo Police Department. Burnoffs are standard procedure after an earthquake, Gill said.

The city fire department went on "earthquake emergency mode," although there was no damage reported, according to police and fire officials. Fire engines at stations in the quake area were initially taken out of their garages as a precaution but were later returned.

Officials at Los Angeles International Airport, which is near the epicenter, released a statement saying, "Operations are normal and there are no flight delays following preliminary inspections of terminals, the airfield, Sepulveda Tunnel and other areas of the LAX Central Terminal Area."

A similar statement was issued by officials at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana in Orange County.