*More Earthquakes Shake S. California*
By OLSEN EBRIGHT
Updated 3:45 PM PDT, Fri, May 8, 2009
A magnitude-4.8 quake struck before dawn yesterday in the small desert
town of Bombay Beach.
A magnitude-4.2 earthquake struck near Ojai on Friday afternoon.
The quake, which had a depth of 4.1 miles, struck at 1:27 p.m.
The epicenter (map) was located 4 miles east from Ojai, 12 miles
north-northwest from San Buenaventura and 18 miles north from Oxnard.
About 40 miles away in Santa Barbara, firefighters are working to
contain a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of roughly 30,000 people.