A magnitude 4.4 earthquake shook the Los Angeles area and rattled a sports reporter’s live show in a terrifying moment.
The quake had an epicenter in El Sereno and was felt throughout much of Southern California at 12.20pm on Monday, the Los Angeles Times reported.
There were no reports of damage immediately.
The earthquake’s power was captured on live television as ESPN host Malika Andrews spoke on air in the network’s Los Angeles studio at the very moment it struck.
Andrews proceeded to tell viewers that ESPN was going to ‘make sure that our studio lights, everything stays safe, everything’s shaking’.
She also called out specific crew members’ names to make sure they were fine.
‘OK thank you so much for bearing through us with that, our studio was shaking just a little bit,’ Andrews said.
She then continued reporting business as usual.
‘Alright so this is what I want to show you right now,’ Andrews said, and told basketball analyst Rebecca Lobo who was speaking with her from another location that she appreciated her bearing through the interruption.
Lobo appeared shocked watching Andrews as the quake rocked the studio.
Andrews’ calm reaction the tremor and lack of screaming in fear or running out of the studio drew praise from social media users.
