4.2 quake jolts Imperial County
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck southern Imperial County near the Mexican border on Sunday afternoon, but there were no reports of injuries or damage, authorities said.
Robert Dollar, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey, said the quake struck at 3:57 p.m. and was followed over the next hour by about half a dozen aftershocks, all under magnitude 2.0.
He said the sparsely populated area has had more than 400 earthquakes over the last 12 months.
Sunday’s quake was centered about fives miles southwest of the small community of Ocotillo.
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