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Minor quake strikes near Northern Calif town

Associated Press - March 12, 2010 9:54 AM ET

ALMANOR, Calif. (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey says a minor earthquake struck overnight near the Northern California town of Almanor.

The magnitude-3.6 quake struck at 2:23 a.m. Friday. It was centered about nine miles southwest of Almanor and 113 miles north of Sacramento.

A dispatcher with the Plumas County Sheriff's Office in Quincy, about 40 miles southeast of Almanor, said she felt nothing and had received no reports of damage or injuries.

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