[californiadisasters] 4.6 EQ Jiggles San Diego County

4.6 earthquake jiggles San Diego County

By Gary Robbins, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE

Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 3:23 p.m.

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake broke at 12:40 p.m. about 9 miles north-northwest of Ocotillo, producing shaking that was felt across San Diego County, the U.S. Geological Survey says.

"It looks like this was an aftershock of the (7.2) Easter Sunday quake" in northern Baja California, said Bob Dollar, a USGS seismologist. "But that quake activated a lot of little faults, and it could have occurred on one of those.

<SNIP>

View entire article here: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/nov/04/46-earthquake-jiggles-san-diego-county/?sciquest

--
Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/californiadisasters/
Read our blog at http://eclecticarcania.blogspot.com/
Visit me on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/derkimster

__._,_.___

Be sure to check out our Links Section at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/californiadisasters/links
Please join our Discussion Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/californiadisasters_discussion/ for topical but extended discussions started here or for less topical but nonetheless relevant messages.

Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

__,_._,___