Earthquakes Rattle Central Coast
Did you feel the earthquakes this morning? According to earthquake.usgs.gov, a series of quakes beginning at 6:36 am occurred near Soledad.
6:36 am 3.2M
6:42 am 4.3M
7:02 am 2.6M
7:41 am 2.7M
All 10-11km NW of Pinnacles, CA
The larger quake was felt in Santa Cruz County with numerous social media users indicate being roused from sleep and homes shaking. This follows 4 Northern CA events earlier this past week. US Geological Survey geophysicist Lind Gee said, “This is just normal activity.”
Heather in Marina tweeted, “3.2 woke me up in Marina, then the 4.3 was like a car hit the building. Small boom, rattling, noise, then over. It wasn’t like swaying it was more like a jolt.”
See local map at earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=33.32135,-126.14502&extent=40.24599,-113.10425#earthquake#centralcoastCentral Coast California
Additional links:
Follow USGS Earthquakes at twitter.com/USGS_Quakes
USGS Official facebook facebook.com/USGeologicalSurvey/
For Latest earthquakes earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
Real-time Notifications earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/
Earthquake Notification Service https://earthquake.usgs.gov/ens/
Tweet Earthquake Dispatch https://twitter.com/USGSted
USGS Big Quake https://twitter.com/USGSBigQuakes
CSEM EMSC Last Quake app https://twitter.com/LastQuake
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