A magnitude 4.9 earthquake shook Riverside County on Monday night, in response to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake was centered seven miles from Indio. It occurred at a depth of 1.87 miles.
A spokesperson for the Riverside County Fireplace Division stated there have been no speedy stories of injury.
The temblor was rapidly adopted by a number of aftershocks, at magnitudes 3.3, 3.4 and a pair of.9, in response to the USGS. The quake had an estimated depth of V on the modified Mercalli depth scale, which signifies reasonable shaking — robust sufficient to overturn unstable objects and break home windows.
The earthquake occurred 10 miles from Coachella, 11 miles from Palm Desert and La Quinta, and 13 miles from Rancho Mirage, Calif. The USGS logged public stories of those that felt the quake as far-off as San Diego, 92 miles from the epicenter.
The quake was described by a Joshua Tree resident as inflicting “swaying like a ship.” A north San Diego County resident stated rumbling from the temblor lasted about 15 seconds.
In a short telephone interview, a employee at Distinctive Chunk Eatery in Indio appeared nonplussed and stated there was no injury on the restaurant.
Within the final 10 days, there have been 4 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or better centered close by.
A median of 25 earthquakes with magnitudes between 4.0 and 5.0 happen per yr in California and Nevada, in response to a current three-year knowledge pattern.
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