- PASO ROBLES, Calif. - A series
of earthquakes Thursday shook the Paso Robles area, where a magnitude-6.5
quake earlier this week killed two people, flattened historic buildings
and caused $100 million in damage.
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- There were no reports of damage or injuries from the
Christmas Day temblors, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department
said.
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- The largest in the series of earthquakes had a magnitude
of 4.4 and struck about 10 miles west-southwest of Paso Robles around 3:50
a.m., according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Several of the aftershocks had magnitudes of 3.0 or higher.
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- Monday's temblor, centered near San Simeon, 25 miles
west of Paso Robles, rumbled through the San Luis Obispo County countryside
and beyond, causing the worst destruction in Paso Robles and scattered
damage in other towns. Two women were found dead under the rubble after
Paso Robles' 19th century clock tower building collapsed.
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- The earthquake was felt as far away as Los Angeles and
San Francisco.
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- The USGS said after Monday's earthquake that aftershocks
were likely to continue along the fault system for months and that there
was a 90 percent probability that aftershocks of 5.0 magnitude or greater
would follow within a week.
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