4.9 earthquake hits border town
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Monday near the Mexican border town of Mexicali, but no injuries were reported, officials said.
The earthquake was felt across Imperial County and as far north as the Palm Springs area, said a spokeswoman for the Caltech Seismological Laboratory.
The quake, which hit about 10:30 a.m., was centered approximately 20 miles southeast of Mexicali, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The area was hit Monday by at least 5 aftershocks, one of them registering a magnitude 3.9.
The earthquake was part of a cluster of quakes that have rocked the Mexicali area in recent days. A magnitude 5.4 temblor struck Saturday, forcing Mexican officials to shut down factories and leaving about 400,000 people without power, officials said.
-- Robert J. Lopez
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