They're always happening somewhere nearby. Most of them are basically ignored by the locals. If you look at the USGS's earthquake site, every day there's a couple dozen or so of greater than 2.5 magnitude somewhere in the US. (Today they report 36.) Most of them will be here on the west coast. My SIL from back east seems to feel every single one. Most of them are less than maybe 3.5 in magnitude however, which is about what you would feel if a big truck drove down the street outside your house. That level typically doesn't even reach conscious awareness for me. On average there's maybe one a month that is either big enough or close enough for me to notice. They do tend to happen in clusters though so it's not uncommon to get 2 or three in the same week, then nothing for a few months.
One of the problems with the "news" is that they tend to get fixated on one thing. If there's a big train wreck, all of a sudden train wrecks is all you'll hear about for a week. It isn't that trains are suddenly unsafe, it's just that now you're hearing about every single crash. Next week it'll be all about airplane crashes. (Or whatever.)
I checked the news when I got home and according to the local news outlet, for this one there were no reported injuries or major damage. There was some minor damage however.. apparently an old water pipe broke and partly flooded a building.
Come to Southern California. I hear they're currently offering free - though unscheduled - amusement park rides. For the scheduled variety you can always head to Universal Studios. Of course there's a fee for that one.