An earthquake struck near Bakersfield on Feb. 23, 2016. (Credit: USGS)

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A preliminary magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck about 22 miles from Bakersfield on Tuesday afternoon, within a week of two other California temblors over 4.0.

The quake struck at 4:02 p.m. at a depth of 0.2 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter was in farmland 22 miles west-northwest of Bakersfield and 4 miles south-southwest of Wasco, a Kern County city of about 26,000 residents.

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Weak-to-light shaking was felt in Bakersfield, Fresno, even Los Angeles County, according to USGS' "Did You Feel It?" respondents.

A second quake -- magnitude 2.6 -- struck at 4:11 p.m. several miles away from the first.

A magnitude-4.3 earthquake struck Lucerne Valley on Feb. 19, and a magnitude-4.8 temblor hit near the town of Big Pine in the Eastern Sierra on Feb. 16.

"Active week in SoCal," Lucy Jones, a seismologist with Caltech and USGS, said on Twitter.

The quake was felt in Los Angeles as a "roller."

"This week is more active than average but still normal," she said.

.@debben_was_here "Normal" seismicity in SoCal has a wide range. This week is more active than average but still normal — Dr. Lucy Jones (@DrLucyJones) February 24, 2016

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