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Second Earthquake Rattles Southern California
A magnitude-4.5 earthquake hits Yorba Linda, rattling residents in Los Angeles County. Four aftershocks followed.
Less than 12 hours after a magnitude-4.4 earthquake in Yorba Linda rattled Southern California, a temblor with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 shook the same area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The epicenter of the earthquake, which hit at 9:33 a.m. Wednesday, was about 2 miles north-northeast of Yorba Linda, Calif., and about 29 miles east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Within a half hour, four more earthquakes, ranging in magnitude from 1.6 to 3.7, struck the same general area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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There have been 19 earthquakes on the Whittier Fault since shortly after 11:20 p.m. Tuesday night.
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