Moderate earthquake rattles Northern California
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Los Angeles (dpa) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale struck Wednesday on the Northern California coast.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake caused light shaking. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The earthquake's epicentre was under the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of California's Humboldt County, 420 kilometres north-west of San Francisco.
