BRIEFLY

-- Greg Risling

A mild temblor centered seven miles southeast of Yorba Linda Tuesday

afternoon did little damage in the Newport-Mesa area.

The magnitude 3.8 earthquake rattled Orange County shortly before 2 p.m.

with a quick jolt that lasted about two seconds. Authorities in both

cities said there were no emergency responses prompted by the quake, but

several residents did call, wondering what had happened.

Over at the Newport Beach Fire Department on Santa Barbara Drive,

firefighters heard a loud noise but didn’t think it was caused by a

quake.

“It felt like a big truck had bumped up against our building,” said Lt.

John Blauer, community relations officer for the Newport Beach Fire and

Marine Department. “Some of our guys thought something was dropped, but

it turned out to be an earthquake.”