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Quake Hits in Riverside County

Associated Press

A small earthquake jolted a Riverside County area 85 miles southeast of Los Angeles today, but there were no reports of injuries or damages.

A spokesman for California Institute of Technology in Pasadena said the quake, which occurred at 2:55 a.m., was centered about halfway between Hemet and Idyllwild. Preliminary magnitude was put at 2.6 on the Richter scale, he said.

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