SOUTHLAND : 2 Minor Quakes Rattle Desert
Two minor earthquakes one minute apart rattled a remote desert area near Joshua Tree National Monument early today, but there were no reports of damage or injury.
About 20 people telephoned the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department at Joshua Tree asking if there had been a quake, a dispatcher said. No one reported any damage or injury.
A quake measuring 2.6 struck at 2:29 a.m., and it was followed by a 3.0 temblor at 2:30 a.m., said Robert Finn of Caltech in Pasadena.
The epicenter was 18 miles northeast of Palm Springs and 120 miles east of Los Angeles. The quakes weren’t related to a rash of temblors throughout the state last week.
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