A magnitude 4.7 earthquake was recorded Monday afternoon near the Monterey/San Luis Obispo county line in Big Sur.
The quake, at 4:42 p.m., was near Ragged Point on Highway 1, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Seven minutes later, a 3.6 quake was recorded in the same place.
Most of the early responses to the USGS Did You Feel It website came from along the Central Coast between Santa Cruz and San Luis Obispo. About 20 reports came from the South Bay and the Peninsula, including San Francisco — 150 miles north of the epicenter.
It is the largest quake in California since a 5.1 on July 17 within state waters at Cape Mendocino, in Humboldt County.
