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Remote eastern Calif. shaken by temblors

Region of Sierra shaken by a sequence of tremors since Thursday

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updated 4:44 p.m. ET Oct. 3, 2009

LONE PINE, Calif. - More earthquakes have hit a remote area of eastern California The U.S. Geological Survey says four quakes — magnitude 3.0, 4.5, 3.0 and 3.1 — hit between about midnight and Saturday morning.

An Inyo County sheriff's dispatcher said no damage or injuries have been reported.

Friday night a magnitude-5.2 quake occurred at a very shallow depth, and was preceded by tremors of 4.7 and 4.9 in a six-minute span, according to the USGS. Early Thursday, a magnitude-5 earthquake struck the same area. Dozens of mostly tiny aftershocks followed.

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The quakes' epicenters were just southeast of the Owens Valley town of Lone Pine, about 180 miles north of Los Angeles.

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