This "shake map" shows that light shaking (represented in blue shading) was felt from the earthquake Wednesday evening near L.A. (USGS)
A minor earthquake centered in Orange County, Calif., was felt across the Greater Los Angeles area Wednesday evening.
Fortunately, there were no immediate reports of damage.
The quake, a magnitude-4.0, struck at 8:17 p.m. local time Wednesday near Yorba Linda, about 28 miles to the southeast of downtown L.A.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) had originally said the tremor was a magnitude-4.1, but has since revised it down to a 4.0.
A few minutes later, a magnitude-2.4 aftershock was also recorded.
While there was no damage, the earthquake was felt all across East L.A., northern Orange county and western parts of the Inland Empire.
Users submitting data to the USGS site generally categorized the shaking as light with no damage.
One Twitter user even slept through the quake.
Around 8:47 p.m. PDT, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook in the mountains of California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Newton, NJ (1925)
96 degrees on the 23rd; 39 degrees on the morning
of the 24th.
Kentucky (1894)
Snowstorm across state; daytime accumulation
of 4-6".
Brownsville, TX (1998)
Just 0.04" of rain since April.
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