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An earthquake that jostled coastal communities Wednesday measured 3.9 on the Richter scale and was one of “hundreds” of aftershocks centered off Oceanside since a large earthquake shook the area in July, officials at the Caltech Seismology Laboratory in Pasadena said.
The 1:13 p.m. aftershock, centered 28 miles southwest of Oceanside, was too small to cause damage, and police in Oceanside and Encinitas said they had no reports of any problems.
A larger aftershock registering 4.2 struck the same area Tuesday, Caltech seismic analyst Steve Bryant said.
The July 13 earthquake off Oceanside measured 5.3 and caused an estimated $720,000 damage.
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