http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/05/09/national0543EDT0431.DTLSmall earthquake off Southern California coast rattles Santa Barbara Sunday, May 9, 2004
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(05-09) 02:43 PDT SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) --
A small earthquake centered in the Pacific Ocean rattled residents of this beach-front city awake early Sunday but apparently caused no injuries or damage, police said.
The magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck at 1:47 a.m., according to officials with the U.S. Geological Survey and the California Institute of Technology. It was centered 10 miles west of Isla Vista, where the University of California, Santa Barbara, is located.
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