Minor quakes hit east of San Jose, south of Bakersfield

Two minor earthquakes a few minutes apart shook farmland in the southern San Joaquin Valley and wilderness east of Silicon Valley.|
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SAN JOSE - Two minor earthquakes a few minutes apart shook farmland in the southern San Joaquin Valley and wilderness east of Silicon Valley.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 3.8 temblor occurred 21 miles south of Bakersfield at 9:36 a.m. Monday.

It was followed at 9:39 a.m. by a magnitude 3.9 tremor centered 9 miles (15 kilometers) northeast of San Jose.

The epicenters were about 200 miles apart.

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