A 4.1-magnitude earthquake was reported in California on Tuesday (November 18), according to the United States Geological Survey .

The earthquake was centered about eight miles east of Templeton, at a depth of 5.7 kilometers (about 3.5 miles). The USGS said it received 719 reports of people having felt the earthquake as of Tuesday afternoon.

There is currently no threat of a tsunami in the area, according to Tsunami.gov . The earthquake was reported at approximately 10:09 a.m. local time.

Tuesday's earthquake is the second 4.1-magnitude quake reported near Templeton during the past week. Magnitude, which replaced the former Richter scale, measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake, according to the USGS.

Earthquakes measured between 2.5 and 5.4 magnitude can b

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