6 Aftershocks Hit Near San Fernando
Six small aftershocks of the Northridge earthquake, the strongest magnitude 3.0, rattled the San Fernando Valley early Monday, Caltech seismologists reported.
The quakes, none of which caused any damage or injuries, were centered 4 miles northwest of San Fernando. They began at 2:52 a.m with a 2.7 and continued intermittently for several hours, with the 3.0 occurring at 4:09 a.m.
There have been about 15,000 aftershocks of the Jan. 17, 1994, earthquake, most of them too weak to be felt.
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