While A-list actors, directors and producers gathered across Los Angeles for Hollywood’s biggest night, a preliminary 3.9-magnitude earthquake hit the North Hollywood area around 10:13 p.m. PT, according to the USGS .

A 3.9-magnitude earthquake shook near North Hollywood, rattling the Los Angeles area on the night of the Academy Awards, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 10-mile deep quake hit 1 mile from North Hollywood at 10:13 p.m. Sunday, March 2, according to the USGS. The 97th Academy Awards were broadcast earlier in the evening.

The United States Geological Survey reported a preliminary magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck near North Hollywood on Sunday night. The quake hit at 10:13 p.m. PST at a depth of 15 kilometers, just over an hour after the 2025 Academy Awards had concluded at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.