Two earthquakes near Malibu rattle L.A. region
![A preliminary 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Malibu at 6:30 a.m. Saturday.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8d167bf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1428x862+0+0/resize/1200x724!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faf%2Fb9%2Febb23dd74bf8bb03b45bece706df%2Fscreenshot-earthquake-malibu.jpg)
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Two small earthquakes rattled part of the Malibu area.
The first was reported around 11:44 p.m. Friday and was registered as a magnitude 3.7. It was felt across the Westside, San Fernando Valley and Ventura County as well as in the Los Angeles basin and South Bay.
A second quake, which was measured as a magnitude 3.5, struck in the same area at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday. Residents in Ventura County reported feeling a sharp jolt and triggered some car alarms.
The epicenter was seven miles northwest of Malibu and nine miles southwest of Thousand Oaks.
There were no reports of damage.
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