The quake – which initially was measured at magnitude 4.5 – was centered about 8 miles southeast of Big Bear City and 25 miles east of San Bernardino, the USGS said.
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“It just rolled in and rolled out”, said Carlin Harris, co-owner of the Broadway Cafe in Big Bear Lake.
The epicenter was a little more than 3 miles northwest of the 11,503-foot San Gorgonio Mountain, which is Southern California’s highest peak.
USGS seismologist Lucy Jones said she was attending the Southern California natural disaster Center’s annual meeting in Palm Springs when felt the quake.
The natural disaster was downgraded to a 4.0 shortly after 9:45 a.m.
People on social media reported Wednesday’s quake lasted as long as 30 seconds and it was felt at least as far west as Los Angeles. The main natural disaster was also followed by minor aftershocks, she added.
She said the temblor was near the San Andreas fault but that preliminary information “shows oblique normal faulting, not [San Andreas fault] type”.
KTLA viewers reported the feeling tremor in Moreno Valley, Riverside, Hemet, Yucaipa and Burbank, among other areas.
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There were not any reports of injuries or damage.
