5.5 magnitude quake jolts northern California, no damage or injuries reported

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An earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude struck off the northern California shore on Sunday (local time), according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), causing no reported damage or injuries...

The USGS said the quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles) and took place 108 kilometres (67 miles) west of Petrolia, a community of about 1,000 people in rural Humboldt County...

The last fatal temblor in the state was a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit Northern California only 5 kilometres (3 miles) offshore in December, injuring at least a dozen people and killing two...

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