A series of earthquakes shook southern California Monday morning, one reaching a magnitude of 4.7 according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The last temblors were felt around 10 a.m., roughly twenty minutes after the first earthquake was reported, according to the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. One of the quakes was centered 14 miles southwest of La Quinta, Calif. The other 23 miles south of Palm Springs, Calif.
But the earthquake's power stretch far outside its origin and shook most of southern California. In Los Angeles one of the quakes was describe as a "rolling motion."
At this time no injuries or damages has been reported. Earlier reports by the U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake at a magnitude of 5.2, that estimated was lowered.
The quake happened on the San Jacinto Fault, among the most active faults in California that is sometimes referred to as the western branch of the most active fault in the U.S. known as the San Andreas, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
Videos of the quake are beginning to surface on YouTube.
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