United Kingdom royal Prince Harry apparently would have felt an early morning, 4.2 magnitude earthquake that had its epicenter near San Fernando late last week. The earthquake was felt in Los Angeles, where Harry had been taking part in an online summit for Travalyst.
According to royal expert Omid Scobie in the podcast Heirpod, Prince Harry "would have felt" the earthquake because he was involved in a midnight online event. There was apparently a second event at around the time the earthquake struck at about 4:30 a.m.
Scobie was certain the Sussexes felt the shake in Los Angeles. It had some Hollywood celebrities posting about the "scary" earthquake. Khloe Kardashian posted that it felt stronger than a 4.2 magnitude event.
Los Angeles was affected by other earthquakes a few weeks after Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, arrived at Los Angeles in April. There were two 3.0 magnitude earthquakes in the area within 10 days, according to news reports. No damage was reported. However, several Hollywood celebrities tweeted they had felt shaking and said they were worried because the world was only now coming to grips with the coronavirus pandemic.
The Travalyst summit was Prince Harry's first public appearance since the publishing of excerpts of the book Finding Freedom. Scobie and joint author Carolyn Durand wrote the biography about Harry and Meghan's exit from royal life. The couple deny any involvement in the book. Their representative said that Scobie and Durand never interviewed the pair.
Meanwhile, Harry formed Travalyst in September to support ecotourism. He said at the summit that the travel industry should "build back better" after the pandemic. This is an opportunity to "reshape" the travel industry for years to come, he said.
Travalyst together with partners like Booking.com, Trip.com, TripAdvisor, Visa and Skyscanner to lower the environmental effects of travel. Harry said more people were keen on traveling with greener alternatives even before the pandemic and this will be the future of the industry.
However, Harry has been criticised for advocating greener travel because he doesn't have credibility on the subject, according to former U.K. Transport Minister Norman Baker. He said Harry and Meghan's lifestyle and their use of private planes didn't set a good example.
The 4.2 magnitude earthquake sparked concerned Twitter posts by Los Angeles residents
