A magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit Southern California on Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Society.

A light, 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 9:32 a.m. Pacific time about 4 miles west of Muscoy, Calif., data from the agency shows. U.S.G.S. data earlier reported that the magnitude was 4.2.

Hours after a powerful earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the region's highest volcano began erupting. Geophysicists from the Russian Academy of Sciences reported a strong glow visible at the summit of the 4,750-metre Klyuchevskoy volcano in the Russian Far East.