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Two moderate quakes rattle California

4.4 temblor strikes near Bakersfield after 4.4. shaker hits to the south

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updated 9:13 a.m. ET May 1, 2008

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A moderate earthquake shook a mountainous area near Bakersfield Thursday morning, just hours after a quake some 230 miles to the southeast.

The 4.4-magnitude quake struck at 1:11 a.m. and was centered 12 miles from the resort town of Lake Isabella and 35 miles from Bakersfield, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

There were no reports of injuries or damage.

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Stephanie Canning said she was the only one in the Lake Isabella bar where she works who felt the quake.

“I was sitting there and I saw the karaoke box shake, and I felt the ground move about three times,” she said.

The quake hit barely four hours after a 4.2-magnitude temblor struck outside of Palm Springs.

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