A 3.2-magnitude earthquake jolts hundreds in Orange County, USGS reports

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake shook Brea in Southern California on Wednesday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.

The 6-mile deep quake hit in Orange County at 7:26 p.m., according to the USGS. Hundreds of people from as far away as Santa Monica and Escondido reported feeling the tremor to the agency.

A Brea Police Department officer said he felt “one quick jolt” but reported no damage or injuries, The Orange County Register reported.

Elsewhere in California, a 3.8-magnitude quake shook Ridgecrest, where two major earthquakes struck in July, the USGS reported.

That quake, part of a cluster including at least three smaller tremors, hit at 12:55 a.m. Thursday. People reported feeling the earthquake as far away as Sonora.

Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey says. It replaces the old Richter scale.

Quakes between 2.5 and 5.4 magnitude are often felt but rarely cause much damage, according to Michigan Tech.