Minor Quake Jolts Inland Empire

The Inland Empire was rattled by a minor earthquake at 8:58 a.m. today that measured 3.9 on the Richter scale and was centered about 10 miles south-southeast of San Bernardino.

There were no reports of damage or injuries, although many residents said they felt the temblor. The Caltech Seismology Laboratory also recorded two smaller temblors overnight, each measuring 2.8 on the Richter scale and located about three miles south-southeast of Yucca Valley. A spokesman for the laboratory said today’s quakes were unrelated and are not aftershocks of the large earthquake that rocked the Los Angeles area Oct. 1.