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A small, early-morning earthquake has shaken Malibu. There is no word of any injuries or damage. Seismologists say the magnitude-3.2 quake struck at 3:05 a.m. Wednesday at a depth of about 1.2 miles reports the Associated Press. Randy Baldwin of the National Earthquake Information Center says it was centered six miles off the coast of the upscale beach city and 33 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. A deputy at the Malibu/Lost Hills sheriff’s station said he had received no calls about the temblor and it was not felt at the station.

Another small earthquake struck near the town of Cobb in Northern California. The U.S. Geological Survey says the preliminary 3.0-magnitude quake struck at 7:31 p.m. Tuesday. It was centered 4 miles southwest of Cobb, 24 miles north of Santa Rosa and 71 miles northwest of Sacramento. Police in Clear Lake, which is near Cobb, said the earthquake was not felt in their office.