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BOMBAY BEACH — A series of minor earthquakes rattled the Salton Sea area Tuesday but apparently caused no injuries or damage. 

Four quakes measuring magnitude-3.0 or greater and centered three miles southeast of Bombay Beach, struck within a three-hour period, according to reports from the U.S. Geological Survey and California Institute of Technology. 

Bombay Beach is a small town on the sparsely populated east shore of the Salton Sea. The San Andreas Fault stretches along the area where the temblors occurred. 

A magnitude-3.0 quake hit at 8:03 a.m., followed five minutes later by one of magnitude-3.2. The largest, a magnitude-3.4, struck at 8:45 a.m. and a 3.1-magnitude temblor followed at 10:57 a.m. 

A dozen other smaller temblors struck the same area Tuesday morning. The seismic activity began at 5:43 a.m. with a magnitude-1.7 quake. 

A dispatcher with the Imperial County Sheriff’s Department said there had been no reports of damage or injuries.