THE GEYSERS, Calif. – Swinging chandeliers, barking dogs, running deer and chiming clocks were part of the fallout from a Monday evening earthquake felt throughout parts of Lake County.

The US Geological Survey reported the 4.5-magnitude quake occurred at 6:19 p.m.

It was recorded at a depth of 1.6 miles, and was centered one mile north northwest of The Geysers, five miles west southwest of Cobb and seven miles west northwest from Anderson Springs, the US Geological Survey reported.

By midnight, 40 smaller quakes and aftershocks – some as large as magnitude 2.7 – were reported in The Geysers area, US Geological Survey reported.

County residents reported watching furniture move, feeling their dining room tables shake as they sat at dinner, and dogs barking and fussing ahead of the quake.

Residents in Clearlake, Lakeport, Kelseyville, Lower Lake, Middletown and Hidden Valley Lake were among those who felt the jarring quake, based on US Geological Survey reports.

In all, hundreds of people reported feeling the quake, not just in Lake County but around the North Coast.

By midnight the US Geological Survey received 246 shake reports from 35 zip codes.

One report even came from faraway Phoenix, Ariz., some 1,126 miles away.

A 4.3-magnitude quake, immediately followed by a 4.2-magnitude temblor, occurred in the Lake Pillsbury area on Feb. 22, as Lake County News as reported.

The last time a quake measuring 4.0-magnitude or above occurred in The Geysers area was last July, according to Lake County News records.

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