A series of five temblors struck California in about 18 hours, three of them near the small town of Cabazon, according to the US Geological Survey. Just before 5 a.m. (8 a.m. ET) Tuesday, two small earthquakes struck within minutes of each other, roughly 7 miles north of the Southern California city of 4,000. Cabazon is about 45 miles east of the Los Angeles suburb, Riverside. The first quake was a 4.5 magnitude,
while the second was a 3.2, the USGS reported. A third temblor, a 2.5 magnitude, hit a couple of miles south of the epicenter of the first two quakes around 10 a.m (1 p.m. ET), the agency said. About 12 hours earlier, two more temblors hit opposite ends of the Golden State. The first, occurring around 5:39 p.m. (8:39 p.m. ET) Monday, hit a few miles east of Ocotillo Wells, which lies 50 miles north of the Mexico border. READ MORE
