Earthquakes struck both Northern and Southern California within 15 minutes of each other on Tuesday night, with an immediate aftershock for the Los Angeles area.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck offshore Northern California, 61 miles northwest of Eureka, at 5:35 p.m. local time.
At 5:48 p.m., a second quake hit the Los Angeles area, registering a magnitude of 4.3. An aftershock occurred five minutes later — this one measuring magnitude 3.8.
The Southern California quakes struck the same area six miles northwest of Rialto.
The Northern California rumbling on Tuesday marks the second time an earthquake has struck that same area within two days. A magnitude 4.8 tremor struck at 7:35 p.m. yesterday.
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration said there was no tsunami threat to Hawaii or the West Coast from the quakes.
For more info on these quakes and others, visit the SFGATE earthquake page here.
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