The authorities said there were no initial reports of damage from the quake, which struck in the hills west of Malibu.

California has been rocked by at least nine earthquakes since Thursday, raising fears that the "Big One" could be near.

At exactly 4:30:55 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994, Los Angeles was rocked by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that caused catastrophic damage, particularly near the epicenter in the San Fernando Valley.

The last “big one”-level moments in California’s recorded earthquake ... have struck since then — like the earthquakes in 1989 and 1994, hitting San Francisco and Northridge respectively.

LOS ANGELES — A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck near North Hollywood on Sunday night, but there are no reports of injuries or damage Monday. The earthquake, reported at 10:13 p.m. Sunday, was centered ...