A U.S. Marine Harrier jet crashed into a neighborhood in Southern California's Imperial Valley on Wednesday afternoon, lighting at least one home on fire, NBC San Diego is reporting.

"It felt like a bomb was thrown in the backyard of the house," Adriana Ramos, whose home is less than a block from the crash scene, told AP. "The whole house moved."

No injuries had been reported, the Miramar air station said in a statement, and at least At least eight homes were evacuated. The pilot safely ejected, according to MCAS Miramar's Twitter feed, and an investigation began to uncover the cause of the crash.

Imperial, a city of nearly 16,000 people about 100 east of San Diego, is a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

At least one house was on fire, while two to three additional homes were impacted when the incident happened around 4:20 p.m. local time, according to officials speaking to NBC.

A damaged house is seen at the scene of a U.S. military jet crash in Imperial, California June 4, 2014. REUTERS/Sandy Huffaker

This is the second crash of a Marine Corps Harrier jet in less than a month. On May 9, a Harrier crashed in an unpopulated area outside Phoenix, ABC 15 reported.

RT @ABC: A fighter jet has gone down in an Imperial, Calif., neighborhood, Miramar Naval Air Station says: pic.twitter.com/afYz19QaHf — Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) June 5, 2014

This story has been updated.