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01-28-2015, 06:46 PM #1
5.7 earthquake strikes off California coast
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes off California coast
By Steve Almasy, CNN
Updated 2203 GMT (0603 HKT) January 28, 2015
Story highlights
- No immediate reports of injuries or damage to buildings
- One official describes it as a rolling event
- Another says it was "nothing out of the ordinary"
(CNN)A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The quake was centered about 25 miles southwest of the town of Ferndale, California. It was 204 miles northwest of Sacramento.
Jay Parrish, the city manager of Ferndale, said it was a gentle, yet fairly significant earthquake.
It was a rolling event, he said. "Not jerky," he added.
Lt. Wayne Hanson of the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, who was in his office on the bottom floor of the courthouse in nearby Eureka, said it was "nothing out of the ordinary." He estimated the quake to have lasted 5 to 10 seconds. Both Hanson and Parrish said there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
Based on initial information, the National Tsunami Warning Center said on its website that it didn't expect a tsunami to be generated by the earthquake.
"It was a sizable earthquake, but not large enough to cause concern," David Walsh, an oceanographer in Hawaii with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, said.
A magnitude 5.7 quake is considered strong enough to be felt by everyone in the affected area and could do some damage to buildings, the USGS said on its website.
One person felt the quake about 300 miles away in San Jose, Julie Dutton of the USGS said. There were at least two aftershocks -- one was a magnitude 3.3 -- in the area, the USGS said.
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01-28-2015, 06:50 PM #2
Earthquake: 3.2 quake strikes near Holtville
A shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Wednesday morning three miles from Holtville, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 3:36 a.m. PST at a depth of 8.1 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was six ...Los Angeles Times - 8 hours ago NO AMNESTY
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