Pair of earthquakes rattle the Santa Barbara area

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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Pair of earthquakes rattle the Santa Barbara area
A pair of earthquakes with magnitudes 4.1 and 3.1 rattled the Santa Barbara area Tuesday night.

ISLA VISTA, Calif. (KABC) -- A pair of earthquakes rattled the Santa Barbara area Tuesday night.

The quakes were measured at a preliminary magnitude of 4.1 and 3.1, according to the USGS.

They hit just west of Isla Vista in Santa Barbara County around 9:43 p.m.

No major damage was reported, but on Twitter people in the Santa Barbara area reported feeling a significant shaking.