STATE: Moderate quakes hit around California Tuesday

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Four moderate-sized earthquakes were recorded around California on Tuesday.


The quakes, all measuring 3.0-magnitude or above, happened throughout the day, according to the US Geological Survey.


The first, a 3.6-magnitude recorded at 1:25 a.m., occurred at a depth of 11.1 miles, with its center located four miles south southwest of Idyllwild and 15 miles southwest of Palm Springs, the US Geological Survey reported.


The survey received 53 responses from 59 zip codes by 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.


The second, a 3.0-magnitude temblor, occurred at 4:51 a.m. nine miles east northeast of San Jose City Hall at a depth of 6.4 miles, the survey reported.


By 1:30 a.m. Wednesday the survey had received 104 responses in 28 zip codes.


At 5:20 a.m., a 3.7-magnitude quake occurred five miles southwest of Petrolia and 37 miles south southwest of Eureka, according to US Geological Survey data.


That quake, recorded 10.9 miles deep, resulted in 36 shake reports from 22 zip codes by 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.


A 3.1-magnitude quake occurred at 12:05 p.m. at a depth of 3.7 miles eight miles south of Tres Pinos and 14 miles south southeast of Hollister, the US Geological Survey reported.


The survey received 10 shake reports from eight zip codes by 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.


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