"A series of small earthquakes hit near the Big Bear area in San Bernardino County starting late Saturday night into Sunday morning. The earthquakes - which maxed out at magnitude 3.5 before sunrise Sunday - had an epicenter in the San Bernardino Mountains about 4 miles north of Big Bear Airport. The epicenter was about 29 miles northeast of downtown San Bernardino, 27 miles southeast of Hesperia and 40 miles northwest of Palm Springs."
"The first earthquake was magnitude 3.3, which struck at 11:15 p.m. Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was followed by a magnitude 3.4 at 2:51 a.m. The magnitude 3.5 followed at 3:41 a.m. An aftershock of magnitude 2.5 was reported at 5:54 a.m., followed by a magnitude 2.6 at 6:20 a.m. "Weak" shaking - or a Level Three on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale - was felt in the Big Bear area, according to the USGS."
Multiple small earthquakes occurred near Big Bear in San Bernardino County starting late Saturday night into Sunday morning. The sequence peaked at magnitude 3.5 before sunrise, with an epicenter about four miles north of Big Bear Airport in the San Bernardino Mountains. Initial quakes measured 3.3 at 11:15 p.m., 3.4 at 2:51 a.m., and 3.5 at 3:41 a.m., followed by aftershocks of 2.5 and 2.6 at 5:54 a.m. and 6:20 a.m. respectively. Weak shaking corresponding to Level Three on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale was reported in Big Bear. The last major event in the area was a magnitude 6.3 quake in 1992, preceded that day by the magnitude 7.3 Landers quake.
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