Early morning earthquakes rattle California coastline, geologists report

Several small earthquakes shook the California coast from the San Francisco Bay Area to Los Angeles on Wednesday, Feb. 16, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake shook San Juan Bautista east of Monterey at 4:10 a.m, the USGS reported.. About 50 people from as far away as San Francisco reported feeling the tremor.

At 4:46 a.m., a 3.0-magnitude earthquake rattled San Simeon, south of Big Sur, with only a handful of people reporting it to the USGS.

A 2.9-magnitude earthquake hit near San Leandro east of San Francisco at 6:21 a.m., the USGS said. About 400 people from as far away as Los Banos reported feeling the tremor.

“Good morning Bay Area earthquake twitter,” read one Twitter post after the quake.

At 9:18 a.m., a 2.6-magnitude earthquake shook Santa Paula north of Los Angeles, according to the USGS. Only a handful of people reported feeling the tremor.

No damage or injuries were reported from any of the earthquakes.

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. Quakes below 2.5 magnitude are seldom felt by most people.