6.9 quake shakes Baja California, but no tsunami expected

A magnitude-6.9 earthquake shook Baja California early Thursday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, but no tsunami was expected to strike California or elsewhere.
The earthquake, which occurred at 12:15 a.m., was centered about 360 miles southeast of San Diego, on the western edge of the Gulf of California.
A smaller quake, a magnitude-6.2, shook the same area of Mexico
at 12:06 a.m.
The perceived shaking was described as "very strong" close to the epicenter, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

source: latimes.com

Earthquake hits Japan

An earthquake with magnitude of 6.3 struck off the east coast of northern Japan on early Monday, No threat of tsunami was detected according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

The quake occurred off the coast of Iwate, about 310 miles (500 kilometers) north of Tokyo at 7:08 am (2208 GMT) on Monday. center of the quake was 19 miles (30 kilometers) below the sea surface.

Ocotillo Earthquake

The United States Geological Survey reported a magnitude 5.7 earthquake centered five miles southeast of Ocotillo, California at 9:26 p.m. on June 14. The quake was felt throughout Southern California as a jolt followed by a slow rolling feeling.

By 11 p.m. the USGS website had received over 12,000 reports from people who felt the shaking. Most of the respondents were centered in the area of Barstow to the north, Lake Havasu City to the east and Ensenada, Mexico to the south and reported feeling weak to moderate shaking and rolling.

The temblor was described as very similar to the recent Easter Sunday quake in Baja that was also widely felt in Southern California.

According to the Caltech Seismological Laboratory in Pasadena, “the probability of a “strong and possibly damaging aftershock (magnitude 5 and larger) in the next seven days is approximately 40 percent.”

Caltech is also reporting that this quake was most likely the largest in the sequence and the chance of an earthquake equal to or larger than this mainshock in the next seven days is approximately five to 10 percent and about 15 to 50 small aftershocks are expected

So far there have been no reports of damage or injury.

For more information, log on to www.usgs.gov

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