Around 7:20 p.m. on Tuesday, the San Gabriel Valley was hit with a moderately strong 4.4 earthquake. The epicenter that was in La Verne, about 7.9 miles from Citrus College, was shaken up the worst.
Citrus College students, who were just starting their night classes, were quick to evacuate the buildings from the Visual Arts Building to the Math/ Science building, located all the way on the other side of campus.
Some students even went as far as to report bodily damage. , Ashley Espinoza, a freshman student said, “It felt like I was bouncing up and down, the floor shifted upwards and upwards. Some kid even hit his head against the wall.”
Sophomore Christian Rodriguez said that his “feet left the floor,” and it felt as if “the world would crack open at any time.”
Even though the earthquake was moderate, according to the Los Angeles Times, the college reported no damage to any buildings, both the old ones or the newly renovated VA building and the Student Services building.
The glass panels of the Student Services building vibrated and sounded like they were going to fall off the building.
Neither the Glendora Police Department nor the Covina Police Department reported incidents to surrounding areas and no fatalities were reported.
Glendora High School student, Noah Azzopardi, said, “I think something broke in my house, I’m not sure though.”
The earthquake was his first. He just moved from Arizona. For all more experienced Southern California residents, like Gabriela Hernandez said, this was “just another day in SoCal.”
This story will be updated as more information is available.
