Earthquake rattles Los Angeles

A PRE-DAWN earthquake has rolled across the Los Angeles basin, rattling houses from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach.

The 4.4-magnitude quake was centred 10km northwest of Beverly Hills and struck at 6.25am on Monday (0025 AEDT Tuesday), according to the US Geological Survey.

"It felt like a bomb going off underneath our house," said George McQuade, a West Hills resident.

"Nothing was damaged, but it sure woke everyone up. It was an eye-opener."

Residents of the Hollywood neighbourhood said they were shaken by the quake, which lasted just a few seconds.

Burglar alarms went off but there did not appear to be any damage in the area.

"I was getting ready in the bathroom and all of a sudden I felt it jolt," LA resident Yvonne Villanueva told the KTLA TV station, adding: "You always have the big one in the back of your head."

Wes Lashley told KTLA: "I woke up to feel the building swaying from side to side."

The quake came a week after a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern California, the biggest in years.

California has long braced for the "Big One".

The western state is on the so-called Ring of Fire, which circles the Pacific and has produced a number of devastating quakes including Japan's March 2011 quake-tsunami, which killed thousands of people.

Geologists say a quake capable of causing widespread destruction is 99 per cent certain of hitting California in the next 30 years.

A 7.8-magnitude quake could kill 1800 people, injure 50,000 more and damage 300,000 buildings.

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake in Los Angeles left at least 60 people dead and did an estimated $US10 billion ($A11 billion) damage in 1994, while a 6.9 quake in San Francisco in 1989 claimed the lives of 67 people.

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