LOS ANGELES, June 24 (Xinhua) -- A preliminary 5.8-magnitude quake occurred Wednesday morning near town of Lone Pine in California's Inyo County, 336 kilometers north of Los Angeles downtown.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the quake hit the rural area at 10:40:40 local time (17:40:49 GMT), and the epicenter, with a depth of 2.9 km, was initially determined to be at 36.45 degrees north latitude and 117.97 degrees west longitude.

As originally registered as a 6.0-magnitude quake, it has since been downgraded to 5.8-magnitude.

Videos posted online showed that some people living in Los Angeles felt the earthquake a well as residents in Fresno, the nearest major city to the epicenter, which is located at the other side of Sierra Nevada, about 150 kilometers west of Lone Pine.

There is no report of casualty or damage so far.

Many earthquakes occurred in the Owens Valley where Lone Pine sits. On March 26 of 1872, a quake estimated at 7.4 to 7.9 magnitude hit the small town, in which 27 people were killed and 56 were injured.

The Lone Pine earthquake in 1872 was one of the largest earthquakes to hit California in recorded history and was similar in size to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Enditem

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