ENVR Earthquake Shakes California Desert Area - Magnitude 5.1 south of Rancho Mirage

[Housecarl]

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Earthquake Shakes California Desert Area

By The Associated Press · PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Jun 10, 2016, 5:16 AM ET

A moderate earthquake hit the Palm Springs area early Friday and was felt across parts of Southern California, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 5.1 temblor struck at 1:04 a.m. PDT and was centered about 20 miles south of Rancho Mirage.

USGS geophysicist Amy Vaughan says that the shallow quake touched off a series of smaller aftershocks.

She says that it was strong enough to likely have woken people up.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department and the Riverside County Sheriff's office said they had no reports of damage.

Facebook and other social media sites carried posts from people in San Diego and Los Angeles, about 100 miles to the west, reporting that they felt it.

Rancho Mirage is in Riverside County about 10 miles south of Palm Springs.

 

[Warm Wisconsin]

Shook pretty good in the mountains in Idllywild, CA. It was noisy that for sure.

 

[Warm Wisconsin]

Some smaller aftershocks now. Not sure the size. Maybe 3ish

 

[Housecarl]

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5.2M quake strikes near Borrego Springs

By: City News Service , 10News Digital Team
Posted: 2:26 AM, Jun 10, 2016
Updated: 3 mins ago

SAN DIEGO -- A strong and very shallow earthquake struck Friday morning in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in northern San Diego County, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The temblor struck at 1:04 a.m. at a depth of .6 miles with a magnitude of 5.2, according to a computer-generated report from the USGS. A quake of such strength is capable of generating considerable damage.

As of 4:14 a.m., there were eight aftershocks in the same general area. The strongest were magnitude-3.5 shakers at 1:06 a.m., 1:33 a.m. and 4:14 a.m. with roughly the same epicenter as the main quake but at depths of 6.7 miles, 6.2 miles and 6.33 miles respectively, according to the USGS.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, San Diego Sheriff's Lt. Andrea Arreola said. "At this point, we are just monitoring" the area."

However, the earthquake did trigger a minor rock slide on Montezuma Valley Road, closing the road at mile marker 13-15 in the Palm Canyon area, a rural area about 14 miles southeast of Borrego Springs. California Highway Patrol and San Diego County crews had cleared the area and reopened the road before 5 a.m.

Today's 5.2 #earthquake was the largest felt in #SanDiego since the #Baja quake on Easter of 2010 (that was a 7.2) @10News
— Jared Aarons (@10NewsAarons) June 10, 2016

Bigger EQs last a longer time. If you feel 10+ sec of shaking, you know it is at least M5
— Dr. Lucy Jones (@DrLucyJones) June 10, 2016
The quake's epicenter was 13 miles north-northwest of Borrego Springs in San Diego County and 16 miles south-southwest of La Quinta in Riverside County. It was strong enough to be felt in Los Angeles.

The earthquake occurred along the San Jacinto Fault, historically the most active fault in Southern California, according to seismologist Lucy Jones. According to the USGS, 2,979 people had reported feeling the earthquake in 502 different zip codes across Southern California, and as far north as Santa Barbara.

It was near a magnitude-6 earthquake in 1937 and a magnitude-5.3 earthquake in 1980, Jones reported.

"We have never seen a San Andreas earthquake triggered by a San Jacinto earthquake," Jones wrote on Twitter, referring to the state's most famous fault.

"Every earthquake has a 5 percent of triggering an aftershock that is bigger than itself -- always within a few miles of location of the first earthquake," Jones wrote.

 

[Terrwyn]

DH felt it. Said it was a rolling motion. I was actually asleep for a change and something woke me up. glad I missed it. Night before it was gunshots. got some idiot shooting again around me in the middle of the night.

 

[packyderms_wife]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci37374687#general

M5.2 - 20km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA

Time
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Nearby Places

20.0 km (12.4 mi) NNW of Borrego Springs, CA
24.0 km (14.9 mi) NE of Warner Springs, CA
25.0 km (15.5 mi) ESE of Anza, CA
44.0 km (27.3 mi) S of Palm Springs, CA
68.0 km (42.3 mi) ENE of Escondido, CA
98.0 km (60.9 mi) NE of San Diego, CA
109.0 km (67.7 mi) NW of El Centro, CA

 

[Border Guns]

Here in Oceanside it was more of a jarring motion. I guessed it at about 5 points, I was right. We take bets one how strong they are for fun.

 

[Signwatcher]

I saw USGS admitted to a 3.8, a 5.2. Interesting. Saw an article that said: Hundreds of aftershocks from magnitude 5.2 Borrego Springs earthquake http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-earthquake-aftershocks-20160611-snap-story.html

Hundreds of aftershocks from magnitude 5.2 Borrego Springs earthquake
By
Joseph Serna

There have been hundreds of aftershocks from the magnitude 5.2 earthquake that rattled Southern California on Friday.

Aftershocks are common after significant quakes, and Friday’s temblor – which was felt from San Diego to Los Angeles and beyond – produced a few larger than 3.0. Most were much smaller.

The quake occurred in a sparsely populated area near Borrego Springs in San Diego County but the 1:04 a.m. quake was felt across a wide area.

“It’s the biggest one for a while,” said Egill Hauksson, a research professor of geophysics at Caltech.

Friday’s temblor occurred on the San Jacinto fault, the most active in the region, Hauksson said. As of Saturday, the U.S. Geological Service listed more than 200 aftershocks in the Borrego Springs area, and there were others nearby.

The last notable quake in Southern California was in 2014, when a 5.1 magnitude quake hit La Habra. That occurred on a different fault.

Deadly but little-known: Why scientists are so afraid of the San Jacinto fault »

The San Jacinto fault is characterized by less compression between its plates compared with the San Andreas or Newport-Inglewood faults, which means that when there is slippage and a quake occurs, it’s less severe, Hauksson said.

But the fault is also remarkably long, which may explain why Friday morning’s quake was reportedly felt by people from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border, Hauksson said.

 

[Lilbitsnana]

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USGS shows over 1k quakes of all magnitudes from 0 to 5.2 just for the last 7 days in that immediate AO

 

[packyderms_wife]

The Fat Man says... let's get ready to RUMBLE!!!

Of course after what happened here yesterday morning and it never made the USGS anything is possible.