Moderate Earthquake Hits San Bernardino, California

Update: Magnitude downgraded to 4.5 on the Richter Scale.
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A moderate earthquake, preliminarily rated 5.0 on the Richter Scale, has hit one mile south of San Bernardino, California at 7:50 p.m. this evening, January 8. The epicenter is some 55 miles east of the Los Angeles Civic Center.

Light ground swaying was felt where we sit, just east of Santa Monica, some 65 miles west of the epicenter, and was also reported in the southwest San Fernando Valley.

Further info available at California Integrated Seismic Net . A map of the area, including graphic representation of the quake, is available here.

Additional reporting at the local paper, the San Bernardino Sun, under "breaking news." (Click on headline for story, comments by locals.)

(Slight editing for readability and to add information, at 8:45 p.m.)