Thursday, September 22, 2011

Earthquake aftershock near Darwin, Calif., measures 3.2

A shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Thursday afternoon 11 miles from Darwin, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:41 p.m. PDT at a depth of 1.2 miles.

Earlier in the day, the area was rocked by a magnitude 3.8 earthquake

Since the 3.8 earlier Thursday, at least 10 aftershocks ranging from 1.2 to 3.2 have been recorded by the USGS.

-- Ken Schwencke

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