A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck within the waters off Catalina Island on Sunday night on the heels of two smaller quakes in the identical space.
The collection of shakers started at 4:11 p.m. with a magnitude 3.1 earthquake 27 miles from Avalon, in line with 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., additionally 27 miles from Avalon, the USGS stated.
The primary rattler occurred at a depth of three.4 miles, and the most important quake was shallower, at 0.1 miles.
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The magnitude 3.6 earthquake was 27 miles from Dana Level, 30 miles from San Clemente, 32 miles from Laguna Seaside and 32 miles from San Juan Capistrano.
Within the final 10 days, there was one earthquake of magnitude 3.0 or higher centered close by.
A mean of 234 earthquakes with magnitudes of three.0 to 4.0 happen every year in California and Nevada, in line with a current three-year information pattern.
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