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Malibu Earthquake: Did You Feel It?

The 3.3-magnitude earthquake happened at around 3 a.m. Tuesday off the coast. People reported feeling the shaking as far inland as Glendale.

MALIBU, CA -- Did you feel it? A magnitude 3.3 earthquake rattled the Malibu area in the middle of the night while most everyone was sleeping.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the 2:58 a.m. quake was 8.6 miles deep, its epicenter 5 miles west-southwest off the coast of Malibu.

The quake was widely felt in the coast and valley areas -- as far inland as Glendale.

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More than 300 people reported weak to mild shaking to the USGS-Caltech "Did You Feel It?" website, including 41 in Malibu, 57 in Westlake Village, 93 in Newbury Park, 17 in Agoura Hills, 62 in Thousand Oaks, 19 in Camarillo and five in Calabasas.

-- City News Service contributed to this report. Image courtesy of the USGS

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