3.8 Aftershock Shakes Mojave Desert
A small earthquake shook the Mojave Desert on Friday, but there were no reports of injury or damage.
The magnitude 3.8 tremor struck at 3:24 p.m. and was centered about 15 miles northwest of Ludlow, said Doug Given, a seismologist at Caltech in Pasadena.
The shaker was an aftershock to the magnitude 7.1 Hector Mine quake that woke much of Southern California early on Oct. 16. Thousands of aftershocks have been recorded, but most have been too small to be felt.
A dispatcher for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said there were no reports of damage or injury in the latest aftershock.
Ludlow, on Interstate 40, is about 135 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
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