Largest quake in several years shakes Southern California, causing landslides on Santa Cruz Island
LOS ANGELES_Southern California was rattled Thursday by a magnitude 5.3 earthquake that struck near the Channel Islands.
The quake was the strongest in Southern California in several years, jangling some nerves but causing no major damage because it occurred offshore in the Pacific Ocean and not on land.
The quake did cause some minor landslides and earth movement on Santa Cruz Island, which was close to the epicenter, and rattled the nerves of a bald eagle whose livestreamed reaction to the temblor went viral.
"A 5.3 could be damaging if it was right under our feet," said John Vidale, director of the Southern California Earthquake Center at the University of Southern California. "It's right on the edge of being
