Friday, June 10, 2016

Early Morning California Earthquake


By Douglas V. Gibbs, AuthorSpeakerInstructorRadio Host

I normally sleep through earthquakes, but for some reason this one woke me up.  Here in Murrieta we really didn't even feel any shaking.  It was a small, sudden jolt, and then we could hear it for a while rumbling.  The house seemed to creak when the initial jolt hit.  After making sure the grandkids were fine, I decided I would look this one up, and I couldn't get through to the website.  It seems I wasn't the only one searching, and the many folks trying to learn about the quake had shut down the website.

I placed the earthquake at about 1:05 am.

At twenty after the hour I finally got through to one of the websites.  It was three earthquakes all within in a minute of each other at Borrego Springs, a desert community almost directly due east.  According to the indicators, the two larger of the three reached out to the Temecula area.

Times Pacific

01:06:22, 10 JUN 2016, 3.5 magnitude, 10 km depth
Borrego Springs, California, United States

01:05:35, 10 JUN 2016, 5.2 magnitude, 11 km depth
Borrego Springs, California, United States

01:04:38, 10 JUN 2016, 5.1 magnitude, -1 km depth
Borrego Springs, California, United States

By 1:30 am, the third quake at 5.2 had been removed, leaving us with two; the 3.5 and the 5.1 changed to 5.2.

At 1:35 am I noticed a series of smaller aftershocks.  Anza is much closer to where I live.  As I sat here, however, I did not feel any of the aftershocks.

Aftershocks:
28 minutes ago 2.8 magnitude, 11 km depth
AnzaCaliforniaUnited States
27 minutes ago 2.1 magnitude, 6 km depth
AnzaCaliforniaUnited States
26 minutes ago 2.1 magnitude, 11 km depth
AnzaCaliforniaUnited States
25 minutes ago 2.0 magnitude, 12 km depth
La QuintaCaliforniaUnited States
25 minutes ago 1.8 magnitude, 10 km depth
AnzaCaliforniaUnited States
25 minutes ago 2.4 magnitude, 12 km depth
La QuintaCaliforniaUnited States

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1 comment:

  1. Miles2:16 AM

    We felt in here in Menifee (Sun City)

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