Two earthquakes felt Sunday night and Monday morning near Lompoc

LOMPOC, Calif. — Two earthquakes jolted the Lompoc Valley Sunday night and early Monday morning.

As of Monday, Your News Channel has received no reports of injuries or damage to structures in the area.

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the first earthquake, a magnitude 3.2 with an epicenter ten kilometers southwest of Lompoc, was felt by residents shortly after 9:00 p.m. Sunday.

The second earthquake, a magnitude 3.6 with an epicenter eight kilometers southwest of Lompoc, was recorded at 12:49 a.m. Monday morning detailed the USGS.

The image below, courtesy of the USGS Latest Earthquakes website, shows the location of both earthquakes as the orange circles southwest of Lompoc.

The image below, also courtesy of the USGS Latest Earthquake website, shows an overlay of faults in the area with the San Andreas Fault, which is the major fault and plate boundary in our area, shown as the solid red line in the righthand corner of the image.