Magnitude 4.6 earthquake strikes near Niland, Calif.
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A magnitude 4.6 earthquake rattled Southern California on Friday night, but no damage or injuries were reported.
The quake struck at 9:39 p.m. a few miles from the town of Niland in Imperial County near the Salton Sea, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
The quake was preceded and followed by a series of temblors of 3.0 or higher, including a magnitude-4.1 quake that occurred about 10 minutes after the larger quake.
The temblors occurred in the same region where a magnitude-5.3 quake hit Saturday.
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