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Light Quake Strikes Southeast Of San Clemente Island
Tremor Not Related To Quakes On Monday, Tuesday
POSTED: 6:46 am PDT October 19, 2005
PASADENA, Calif. -- A light earthquake struck early Wednesday in the ocean 19 miles southeast of San Clemente Island, the Caltech Seismological Laboratory reported.
The quake struck at 1:51 a.m. with a preliminary magnitude of 4.1, said Caltech seismologist Nick Scheckel, adding it was an aftershock of the magnitude 4.9 temblor recorded in the same area at 2:11 p.m. Sunday.
Officials in public safety agencies in more than a half-dozen coastal cities in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties said they had received no reports of injuries or damages in the aftermath of the quake, and National Weather Service meteorologists said it generated no unusual wave activity.
Caltech placed the epicenter at 48 miles west of Mission Beach and 49 miles south-southeast of Avalon, where a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department employee said she felt only very slight shaking.
The quake apparently was not linked to the light shakers that struck near Cabazon, north of Palm Springs, Monday night and early Tuesday, Caltech reported.
Light Quake Strikes Southeast Of San Clemente Island
Tremor Not Related To Quakes On Monday, Tuesday
POSTED: 6:46 am PDT October 19, 2005
PASADENA, Calif. -- A light earthquake struck early Wednesday in the ocean 19 miles southeast of San Clemente Island, the Caltech Seismological Laboratory reported.
The quake struck at 1:51 a.m. with a preliminary magnitude of 4.1, said Caltech seismologist Nick Scheckel, adding it was an aftershock of the magnitude 4.9 temblor recorded in the same area at 2:11 p.m. Sunday.
Officials in public safety agencies in more than a half-dozen coastal cities in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties said they had received no reports of injuries or damages in the aftermath of the quake, and National Weather Service meteorologists said it generated no unusual wave activity.
Caltech placed the epicenter at 48 miles west of Mission Beach and 49 miles south-southeast of Avalon, where a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department employee said she felt only very slight shaking.
The quake apparently was not linked to the light shakers that struck near Cabazon, north of Palm Springs, Monday night and early Tuesday, Caltech reported.
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