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Mag. 6.3 earthquake off San Diego coast

A good-sized earthquake was felt overnight in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California and Mexico.

The 6.3 magnitude quake was centered underneath the water 80-miles south of Catalina Island at 2:36 a.m. Friday and 167 miles west southwest of Rosarito, Mexico.

The quake was originally reported as a 6.4 magnitude shaker.

There was no injuries or damage reported, but people reported feeling it from San Diego to Los Angeles.

News Channel 3 did not receive calls from viewers here in the desert feeling it, but the U.S. Geological Survey website reported a few people in the Coachella Valley saying they felt weak shaking.

It was at the relatively shallow depth of 6.3 miles.

No tsunami warning was issued.

A 4.7 magnitude aftershock followed a short time after the main quake.

The U.S.G.S. said the main quake was not on the San Andreas fault system, but was the biggest quake in that ocean area– in more than 40-years.

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