4.4 magnitude earthquake rattles Greater Los Angeles area

LOS ANGELES - A moderate earthquake felt over a vast stretch of Southern California rattled the Greater Los Angeles area today and may have caused damage to a previously repaired section of the Santa Ana Freeway in Downey.

The quake, which occurred at a depth of 11.2 miles, struck at 4:04 a.m., its epicenter 1 mile east-northeast of Pico Rivera and 11 miles east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Some 50 minutes following the quake, the California Highway Patrol received reports of damage on the southbound Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Downey, just north of...