EUREKA, Calif. — A preliminary magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck along the northern California coast Sunday morning, the United States Geological Survey reports.
The quake was reported at 11:44 a.m. in the Pacific Ocean just west of Eureka.
There were no immediate reports of damage. According to the National Weather Service, no tsunami is expected.
The Sunday morning earthquake came less than two weeks after a larger, 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck Plumas County and hours after a magnitude 4.3 quake struck near the state's border with Nevada.
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