An earthquake has hit Los Angeles with Californians describing being woken by a jolt and a shake in the middle of the night.

The magnitude 4.0 quake struck 25km south of Port Hueneme of the coast of Los Angeles in the US at around 2.15am local time (10.15am GMT).

It comes as a 3.8 magnitude quake hit close to Anaheim, also in California, at around 2.38am on New Year's Day.

At the time the Los Angeles Times reported that over the last 10 days there had been three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.

This latest quake was even larger.

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