Earthquakes shake Southern California early Friday
By Colin Atagi, The Desert Sun 1:41 a.m. PDT June 10, 2016A pair of magnitude earthquakes near the San Jacinto fault shook Southern California early Friday, jolting residents awake.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred at 1:04 a.m., according to early information from the United States Geological Survey. It was followed about a minute later by a magnitude 5.2 earthquake.
Both temblors were centered in Borrego Springs.
Minutes later, there were what appeared to be two aftershocks that measured at 3.0 and 3.5. Following earthquakes of that size, aftershocks are to be expected.
There were no immediate reports of damage.
All earthquakes were centered about 15.5 miles southwest of La Quinta.
The San Jacinto fault is one of Southern California's most active, seismologist Lucy Jones pointed out on Twitter following the quakes on Friday. She also calmed some nerves when saying quakes on the San Jacinto fault have never triggered an earthquake on the San Andreas fault, which is more than 150 years overdue on its southern end that starts at the Salton Sea and heads northeast through the Coachella Valley.
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