Series of small earthquakes rumble off SoCal coast
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck in the waters off Catalina Island on Sunday evening on the heels of two smaller quakes in the same area.
The series of shakers began at 4:11 p.m. with a magnitude 3.1 earthquake 27 miles from Avalon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Minutes later, a magnitude 2.5 quake was recorded. The magnitude 3.6 quake then occurred at 5:32 p.m., also 27 miles from Avalon, the USGS said.
The first rattler occurred at a depth of 3.4 miles, and the largest quake was shallower, at 0.1 miles.
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A spate of notable quakes have rattled Southern California in recent months — a reminder that the last three decades of relative seismic quiet won’t last forever.
The magnitude 3.6 earthquake was 27 miles from Dana Point, 30 miles from San Clemente, 32 miles from Laguna Beach and 32 miles from San Juan Capistrano.
In the last 10 days, there has been one earthquake of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.
An average of 234 earthquakes with magnitudes of 3.0 to 4.0 occur each year in California and Nevada, according to a recent three-year data sample.
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