A map showing the quake's epicenter near the Traffic Circle. Courtesy the USGS.

A small earthquake hit Long Beach just before 12:30 p.m. today, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The USGS reported a preliminary magnitude of 2.6 and showed the epicenter was near the Traffic Circle.

People across the city reported feeling some weak to light shaking, according to the USGS’s Did You Feel It tool.

Jeremiah Dobruck is executive editor of the Long Beach Post where he oversees all day-to-day newsroom operations. In his time working as a journalist in Long Beach, he’s won numerous awards for his investigative reporting and editing. Before coming to the Post in 2018, he wrote for publications including the Press-Telegram, Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times. Reach him at [email protected] or @jeremiahdobruck on Twitter.