El Centro is a city in the Imperial Valley in the southern California border region. The quakes continued until 1:01 a.m., when the 13th quake of the series that started less than a half hour earlier was recorded.
The National Weather Service‘s (NWS) San Diego office also announced on X that “It has been a busy night to our east.” The agency mentioned that several small earthquakes “have occurred in El Centro in the past 15 minutes.”
The NWS’s post also mentioned that the office felt several of the quakes and that as of 12:53 a.m., there have been 13 earthquakes.
There have been no reports of any damage from the series of early-morning earthquakes in Southern California. Officials explained that the USGS’s Shake Alert system estimated at least one of the earthquakes registered a magnitude above 5.0, which triggered alerts to cell phones.
The rapid cluster of earthquakes happened two days after a 4.6 magnitude earthquake hit several miles northwest of Malibu on Friday, Feb. 9. Authorities reassured that there were no major damage or injuries reported. Dr. Lucy Jones, a California quake expert called “the Beyonce of Earthquakes,” said in an interview that there was a five percent chance of a larger earthquake in southern California soon after. (Related: Historic rains and flooding push California fault lines toward the “Big One.”)
A 3.8 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California near San Bernardino County, reported the USGS. According to the USGS, the earthquake hit just outside of Ontario, California, about six miles south of Rancho Cucamonga and about 18 miles southwest of San Bernardino. The quake could be felt as far away as Los Angeles and Huntington Beach, the USGS added.
The USGS added that the earthquake originated about eight miles underground and struck around 11:38 p.m. local time Thursday. Fortunately, there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
According to the USGS, damage depends on different variables like the total distance from the earthquake, what type of soil you are on, and building construction.
The USGS added that damage does not usually occur until the earthquake magnitude reaches somewhere above 4 or 5.
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