Two Quakes Felt in the Southland
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Two small earthquakes rattled the Southland on Saturday, one centered in the ocean and the other in Orange County.
The 4.6-magnitude earthquake off Southern California was widely felt along the coast from Santa Barbara to Long Beach and across the entire Los Angeles Basin.
The offshore temblor occurred at 1:33 p.m., centered 44 miles south of Ventura in open water due west of Long Beach, according to a preliminary report from Caltech.
“Fortunately, the shaking wasn’t too bad,” Susan Hough, a U.S. Geological Survey seismologist, said of the quake, technically classified as light or small.
The second earthquake, estimated at 3.2 magnitude, occurred about 9:50 p.m. and was centered two miles southwest of Yorba Linda, according to Caltech seismologists.
A Brea police dispatcher said that she felt a jolt but that there were no reports of any damage. The quake was estimated to have been centered about two miles below the Earth’s surface, Caltech said.
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