It happened a little after 8:15 p.m. about six miles northwest of the beach city, close to Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach, according to the United States Geological Survey.

A 3.9 magnitude earthquake hit near Malibu at 8.17 pm, causing mild shaking felt from Long Beach to Oxnard. The earthquake's epicenter was four miles from Thousand Oaks. It is part of a pattern of increased seismic activity in Southern California,

An earthquake with a magnitude 3.9 rattled Malibu and the surrounding areas Sunday night, the United States Geological Survey. The quake struck at around 8:17 p.m. a little more than 7 miles west northwest of Malibu at a depth of 14 kilometers or around 8.