2.8-magnitude quake centered in Newport-Mesa area; second shaker since Sunday

Dec. 23, 2015 10:15 AM PT

A small earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.8 jostled the Newport Beach-Costa Mesa area at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A USGS map shows the quake was centered about a mile south of Costa Mesa near the Back Bay in Newport Beach.

There were no immediate reports of damage. The Costa Mesa Police Department tweeted that it is performing preliminary checks.

Another small earthquake hit the same area earlier this week. A shallow magnitude-3.1 quake was reported Sunday afternoon one mile from Costa Mesa, according to the USGS. That temblor occurred at 3:22 p.m. at a depth of 3.7 miles.

Jeremiah Dobruck

Jeremiah Dobruck was a public safety reporter for the Daily Pilot. He first came to the Pilot as an editorial intern in 2009. After a handful of other media-related jobs, he was hired full-time at the Pilot as a copy editor in 2012. He holds a bachelor’s in journalism from Cal State Fullerton. He left the Daily Pilot in 2016.