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Series Of Small Quakes Rocks Part Of Channel Islands

An isolated part of the Channel Islands was rocked by a series of small earthquakes Tuesday.

Three quakes all registering between magnitude three and four hit early Tuesday morning, all centered about six miles southwest of San Clemente Island. That’s about 110 miles southeast of Ventura.

There was a 3.7 at 4:22 a.m., followed by a 3.4 at 4:53 a.m. The third quake, a magnitude 3.3, happened at 5:53 a.m. No damage was reported.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.