Two small quakes hit the North Coast in 24 hours

Two small earthquakes struck the North Coast midday Monday and early this morning. Neither caused any reported damage.

The first was a tremor 4.0 in magnitude about 25 miles off the coast of Cape Mendocino, 46 miles southwest of Eureka in Humboldt County at 11:19am Monday.

The second, and smaller at 3.3 in magnitude, hit close to Lake Sonoma, 8 miles west of Cloverdale. The tremor was small enough that some in the Cloverdale Police and Fire Departments were unaware of it.

“Nope, I didn’t feel a thing,” said Sgt. Chris Parker, with the Cloverdale police.

You can reach Staff Writer Nick Rahaim at 707-521-5203 or nick.rahaim@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @nrahaim.