The US-Mexico border has been rocked by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake that rattled nerves in a region still recovering from the deadly Easter jolt.
The quake struck at 9:26pm on Monday, about 137km east of San Diego, the US Geological Survey said.
It was an aftershock of the deadly Easter Sunday magnitude 7.2 quake that shook Baja California and Southern California, striking in the same zone, said Egill Hauksson, a seismologist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
“Aftershocks can go on for months and years,” he said.
Thousands of aftershocks have occurred since the Easter quake. More than 100 aftershocks were recorded immediately following Monday’s 5.7 quake, with the largest measuring at magnitude 4.5.
No significant damage from Monday’s quake was reported to either the San Diego County Office of Emergency Services or the Imperial County board of supervisors.
San Diego’s Petco Park swayed during the quake, causing a momentary pause at the Toronto Blue Jays-San Diego Padres baseball game. The public address announcer asked that everyone remain calm.
he crowd cheered.
The quake was felt as a gentle rolling motion in the Los Angeles area. It followed a series of temblors that struck Southern California over the weekend, including a pair of moderate earthquakes that rattled a desert area east of San Diego.
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