5.7 Earthquake A Sign Earth’s Crust Is ‘Re-Adjusting’

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit the California/Mexico border Monday night, sending ripples throughout Southern California. It was followed by a 3.2 magnitude 3 minutes later, and several more meaasuring 3 or higher in the minutes following.

The quake was centered 5 miles southeast of Ocotillo, 65 east of Tijuana, Mexico, according to the USGS. It was first recorded as a 5.9, but immediately downgraded. This is around the same area as the Easter Sunday earthquake that measured 7.2 in magnitude.

There are no reports of any injuries or damage.

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“All the lamps, the liquor bottles and the TV hanging from the ceiling shook, but nothing dropped,” said Marina Garcia, an employee at the Burgers and Beer restaurant in El Centro, about 30 miles east of Ocotillo.

The quake was felt as a gentle rolling motion in the Los Angeles area and caused a momentary pause at the Toronto Blue Jays-San Diego Padres game in San Diego.

Between midnight and 2:17 a.m., 28 aftershocks ranging from magnitude- 4.1 to magnitude- 2.5 were recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey.

The magnitude-7.2 earthquake “caused the crust to re-adjust itself by having a further series of earthquakes and these are all aftershocks,” seismologist Kate Hutton of Caltech said. “Most occur on the same fault zone as the main shock, but they can branch off. they can be on adjacent faults also. This is a large member of the this aftershock sequence.”

A 5.7 earthquake is “big enough to get your attention and possibly knocks things off shelves, might cause some cracking in plaster and so forth,” she said.

Structural damage in Southern California was unlikely, she said.