Experts say an earthquake of 7.2 in April to put more pressure on the San Jacinto fault, triggering earthquake of 5.4 magnitude that struck southern California Moita th Wednesday. She shook her nerves, but caused no damag Employee Gilbert Perez cleans up broken bottles of hot sauce at a supermarket in Palm Springs after a 5.4 earthquake rattled the shelves Wednesday. The quake was felt in much of Southern California (Marilyn Chung / The Desert Sun / July 7, 2010).
The moderate 5.4 magnitude earthquake that rolled through Southern California on Wednesday was probably triggered by the Mexicali temblor that hit Easter Sunday, seismologists said.
Wednesday's earthquake, which caused no major damage, appeared to confirm that analysis. It struck on the San Jacinto fault zone, which runs roughly from the Salton Sea area northwest through the San Jacinto Mountains toward San Bernardino. "We've been able to see an increase in activity," Hutton said. Wednesday's earthquake was the largest to hit the Elsinore and San Jacinto fault zones since the April 4 shaker.
The moderate 5.4 magnitude earthquake that rolled through Southern California on Wednesday was probably triggered by the Mexicali temblor that hit Easter Sunday, seismologists said.
Wednesday's earthquake, which caused no major damage, appeared to confirm that analysis. It struck on the San Jacinto fault zone, which runs roughly from the Salton Sea area northwest through the San Jacinto Mountains toward San Bernardino. "We've been able to see an increase in activity," Hutton said. Wednesday's earthquake was the largest to hit the Elsinore and San Jacinto fault zones since the April 4 shaker.
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