Fast earthquake tremors felt in California
On Monday morning, an earthquake of 5.2 intensity occurred in southern California, causing stones to fall on the roads outside San Diego and the goods kept in the shelves in the houses started falling. The earthquake tremors were so strong that the walls started shaking, but the authorities have not reported any major damage or any major damage. According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred local time at 10.08 am on Monday morning and was in San Diego County, which is only 4 kilometers from Julian.
The city is a hilly city of about 1,500 people known for its apple pie shops. It felt a strong tremor of earthquake in the north till Los Angeles County, about 193 km away. Many mild tremors also occurred after this strong earthquake.
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Paul Nelson, the owner of a former gold mine operating in Julian in the 1870s, said, “I felt that the single-paneal windows would break. When about two dozen visitors were visiting the closed mine, a small earthquake struck, but everyone remained calm. There was no one inside the old mine, which did not keep the land inside the old mine. Beware of the stones and roads and highways falling down, including the State Route 76 in the north-west of Julian.
The California Transport Department at San Diego County said that the crews were assessing roads for possible damage. Captain Thomas Shoots of the California Forestry and Fire Safety Department of San Diego County said that when the land started shaking, school children were thrown out of buildings as a precaution. He received the alert of vibration and then he realized the rolling and hitting things. He said, “There was very sharp vibration and ravages all around, but thankfully everything has become normal.”
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The San Diego County Sheriff Department also said that they have not received any immediate report of damage or injuries. Riley Ozuna, the owner of Julian Cafe and Bakery, said some cups in their business fell to the ground. “But everything is fine.” According to Lucy Jones, an experienced earthquaker from southern California, Earthquake, one of the busiest seismic areas of California and part of the famous San Andreas Fault System came to a depth of 13.4 km near Elseinor Fault Zone, where usually there is a 4.0 of the earthquake of at least one 4.0 compatible every year.
(Input-PTI)
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