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3.2 Quake Rattles Seabed

The shaker was quite shallow, according to automated data.

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck the seabed about halfway between the Palos Verdes Peninsula and the northwestern tip of Santa Catalina today, USGC seismographs reported.

The quake hit at 12:25 p.m. with an epicenter pinpointed to be 12 miles south-southwest of Palos Verdes Point, or 18 miles from the City Hall at Torrance.

The quake was quite shallow, according to automated data from the
Southern California Seismographic Network.

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