Earthquake reported in northern California: USGS

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck in the mountains of northern California, the US Geological Survey reported.

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck in the mountains of northern California, the US Geological Survey reported.

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The quake's epicentre was 57 kilometres east of Eureka, 307 kilometres from the California state capital Sacramento, the USGS said.

The earthquake was recorded on Tuesday at 7:03 pm local time (0733 IST) and had a depth of 17 kilometres, it said.