Earthquakes hit Southern California hours after New York, New Jersey tremor

Multiple earthquakes shook Southern California hours after a tremor was felt on the East Coast on Aug. 5, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey.

One quake hit Rialto, California, in the evening hours on Aug. 5, followed by two more overnight in the San Bernardino area, according to USGS.

In Northern California, two tremors also struck overnight outside of Petrolia and Ferndale, respectively.

Hours earlier on Aug. 5, some in New York reported feeling shaking after an earthquake rattled northern New Jersey.

Here’s a look at the latest earthquakes, according to USGS.

3 quakes hit San Bernardino area in Southern California

• At around 8 p.m. ET or 5 p.m. local time on Aug. 5, a magnitude 3.5 quake with a depth of about four miles hit about four miles northwest of Rialto, California, according to USGS.

• Overnight, another magnitude 3.5 tremor was recorded about three miles southeast of Ontario at around 4 a.m. ET or 1 a.m. local time on Aug. 6. That event had a depth of around four miles, per USGS.

• An hour after that, a magnitude 3.7 quake with a roughly 6.5 mile depth hit less than four miles north of Lytle Creek, per USGS.

All three events caused light shaking around the San Bernardino area, according to impact reports compiled by USGS, which are not scientifically verified.

Tremors hit Northern California overnight

Two earthquakes also hit off the coast of Northern California overnight Aug. 6, according to USGS.

• At around 1 a.m. ET, or 10 p.m. local time Aug. 5, a magnitude 3.4 tremor was recorded about 100 miles west of Ferndale, per USGS.

• A magnitude 2.9 quake struck about 11 miles west of Petrolia about an hour later, according to USGS.

No shaking was reported in the area as of 7 a.m. ET, per USGS impact reports.

NY, NJ area experience second quake in three days

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake rattled parts of New York and New Jersey around midday on Aug. 5, according to USGS.

The tremor struck just over a mile southwest of Hillsdale, New Jersey, at about 12:11 p.m. ET, and had a depth of about seven miles, according to USGS. Hillsdale is about 20 miles northwest of Manhattan.

Weak shaking was felt throughout parts of northern New Jersey, including Newark, Paterson and Englewood, and across the New York City area, according to impact reports compiled by USGS.

It came days after another magnitude 3.0 temblor hit New Jersey on Aug. 2 and was felt as far as New York.

Melina Khan is a national trending reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached at melina.khan@usatoday.com. 

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