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Jan 8, 2009 9:29 pm US/Pacific

Moderate Earthquake Strikes Near San Bernardino

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) ― No damages or injuries are reported following a 4.5-magnitude quake that struck San Bernardino County.

The shaking was felt from north of Los Angeles down to the Mexican border.

The quake struck at 7:49 p.m. Thursday, a mile south of San Bernardino.

The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported the quake at magnitude 4.9, then 5.0, then it was downgraded to 4.5.

San Bernardino County Fire Supervisor Tim Franke described it as a "little roll and big jolt, then a sonic boom kind of noise."

USGS seismologist Lucy Jones says the quake struck about 10 miles deep near the San Jacinto fault, which is part of the San Andreas Fault system.

At least half a dozen smaller aftershocks followed including a magnitude-3.3 that rattled the region an hour later.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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