Two earthquakes rattle opposite sides of Central California minutes apart

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Two tiny earthquakes rattled other sides of Central California precocious Saturday night, conscionable minutes apart.

The archetypal quake, a magnitude 3.1, deed astatine 7:34 p.m. astir 2 miles west-southwest of San Juan Bautista successful San Benito County, according to the USGS. It originated astatine a extent of 3.9 miles.

Just 3 minutes later, a stronger magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 5.6 miles southeast of Deep Springs successful Inyo County astatine 7:37 p.m. PT. That quake had a extent of 4.2 miles.

There were nary contiguous reports of harm oregon injuries from either event. However, some quakes were felt successful adjacent communities, according to aboriginal reports submitted to the USGS.

The 2 quakes occurred on antithetic responsibility lines.