The first of three quakes, a magnitude 2.7, struck around 1:46 a.m. The second and third — a 1.8 and 2.2 — both hit in quick succession around 6:22 a.m. Their depths ranged fr

A small earthquake with a magnitude of 2.7 rattled through the Santa Monica Mountains in Southern California early Wednesday morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck around 1:45 a.

Saturday's earthquake was the seventh of magnitude 3 or greater since Sept. 12, when a magnitude 4.7 earthquake just north of Malibu was widely felt across Southern California.