4.0 Quake Rattles Monterey Bay Area
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck the Monterey Bay area at 3:04 p.m. Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It was the latest temblor in a seismically active weekend in California.
The quake, centered eight miles southwest of Hollister, caused neither damage nor casualties.
Early Sunday, there was a fifth noticeable aftershock of Saturday afternoon’s moderate 5.1 quake centered four miles northwest of Big Bear Lake in Southern California’s San Bernardino Mountains.
This was a magnitude 3.1 at 2:41 a.m., centered in the same locale as the Big Bear main shock, which also saw quakes Saturday of 4.2, 3.2, 3.2 and 3.1.
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