Small Quake Rattles Palm Springs Area
A moderate earthquake rolled through the communities of Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs on Tuesday, rattling windows but prompting no complaints of damage or injuries, police said.
A spokesman for the seismographic station at the California Institute of Technology said the quake, which struck shortly before 8 p.m., registered 4.4 on the Richter scale.
Doug Smith said the temblor was an aftershock from a magnitude 6.1 quake that struck the same area on April 22. The jolt was the 14th aftershock to reach magnitude 4 or higher.
A Palm Springs Police Department spokeswoman described the quake as a big roll followed by smaller tremors.
She said the quake rattled windows but there were no reports of damage and few calls from residents.
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