LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A moderate earthquake that jolted Southern California was felt by millions and sent at least one person to a hospital, but the region avoided significant damage and major injuries.

The magnitude-4.7 quake hit at 8:39 p.m. Sunday night, centered about 10 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles and three miles east of Los Angeles International Airport, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. At least 10 aftershocks had followed by early Monday, with the largest registering magnitude-3.1. The quake rattled the greater Los Angeles region for about 10 to 15 seconds and was felt as far south as San Diego, said USGS seismologist Susan Hough. "This was a serious jolt. It was probably felt within 100 miles," Hough said.The shaking was most intense in the coastal communities south of the airport. Some residents said books and other objects were knocked off shelves, but no damage was reported at the airport.

The Los Angeles Fire Department received numerous calls about the quake, said spokesman Brian Humphrey.
Glass broke at a Starbucks in Torrance, and one person there was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries, Torrance Fire Department dispatchers said. Television images showed a storefront window knocked out of a Long Beach drapery business, and tiles that fell during a screening at a Redondo Beach movie theater, but no injuries were reported in either incident. The quake, which hit 8.4 miles below the surface, appears consistent with movement on the Newport-Inglewood fault, said USGS geophysicist Ken Hudnut.

The Newport-Inglewood fault was responsible for the magnitude-6.4 Long Beach earthquake in 1933 that caused 120 deaths and more than $50 million in property damage.The last damaging earthquake in Southern California was the 1994 magnitude-6.7 Northridge quake that toppled bridges and buildings.

AP Science Writer Alicia Chang contributed to this report.

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