The California tremors hit at 12.47pm GMT, or 5.47am local time, shaking people out of their sleep.
It occurred around 11km from El Cerrito, according the to the US Geological Survey.
The quake hit at a depth of 10.8km.
Just seven minutes later, another earthquake took place.
This one occurred near Kodiak, Alaska, at a depth of 4.8km.
The latest quakes follow a surge in seismic activity along California’s San Andreas fault.
Five were recorded yesterday in just a matter of hours.
While all of the earthquakes measured 4 and below on the Richter Scale, smaller quakes often come ahead of bigger ones and concerns are mounting about the Big One, a hypothetical earthquake of magnitude 8 or greater that is expected to happen along the San Andreas Fault.
The name stems from a 1990 made-for-TV movie that depicts a huge earthquake that destroys all of Los Angeles.
Yesterday’s quakes along the San Andreas fault have measured 4.0, 3.1, 2.9, 2.8 and 2.6, and come just hours after a much larger 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the California coast.
That onestruck around 100 miles off the coastline of northern California and residents in Ferndale reported feeling the quake, but no damage or injuries have been reported.
The San Andreas fault which runs through the state is known to be particularly prone to earthquakes.
The state has been rocked by massive quakes multiple times over the years and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the tsunami and wildfires that followed claimed the lives of more than 3,000 lives.
California is located on the Ring of Fire, a huge area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions frequently occur.
The Ring of Fire has been particularly volatile in recent days, with a series of large earthquakes recorded.