Earthquake swarm continues to shake up California border region

An earthquake swarm continued to produce hundreds of temblors along the California-Mexico border on Wednesday morning.

The swarm began with a 5.7 earthquake Monday night that was felt across Southern California. It was followed by more than 1,000 aftershocks, most of them tiny but some measured more than 4.0 magnitude.

Overnight, the Imperial County region was hit by seven quakes greater than magnitude 3.0.

All the quakes are believed to be aftershocks from the 7.2 Mexicali quake the struck the border area on Easter Sunday.

"With something as big as a 7.2, the aftershocks are going to continue for years or decades," said Susan Hough, a U.S. Geological Survey seismologist.

Many of the recent aftershocks have occurred near the small town of Ocotillo, just off Interstate 8 in Imperial County.

-- Shelby Grad

Map credit: U.S. Geological Survey

Comments

[Proud American Mother]

This is Gods way of saying close the borders. If you don't I will!!

[wowlfie]

Quakes have been migrating from Gulf of California about 200 miles south of Calexico over the last 18 months. They will continue migrating north towards Riverside and eventually Wrightwood. Expect a 6.5 to 7.2 in Riverside within 4 months and an 8.0 to 8.5 in Wrightwood within 9 months. The big one is coming soon to an area near you!

[John De Salvio]

Was God saying the same thing a million years ago, when the quakes were from 10 to 100 times more severe? God spoke to me last night. He said he's really pissed at people putting words in His mouth.

[dannyeps]

Proud American Mother -- have you ever even worked a day in your life. Comments like yours make me feel good that we have a new generation of cerebral, hard working folks in this nation that will do our best to right the incredible wrongs of your generation. Get a job.

[Cosmic Traveller]

A. John we all know the earth is only a few 1000 years old and God started with Adam and Eve, so how can there be earthquakes over a million years old?

B. Since God is all knowing, he already knew that we would have issues with our borders so he strategically placed the fault lines @ the border.

C. I spoke with God this morning and he is quite mad at everyone and will make more earthquakes and volcanoes erupt.

D. There is no scientific proof that these occur naturally as our earth plates shift.

[Hilda]

If you call yourself an american, you can also call yourself entitled. We have two American continents in this planet. South America and North America.....in truth everyone can call themselves Americans.

[Hilda]

California needs to prepare themselves now more than ever. There is too much activity all centered in the san andreas fault. Play close attention to animals, they can act strange hours before an earthquake hits. In 1994 hours before the earthquake our german shepard acted very anxoius, as if he wanted to attack me. He was very afraid and I could not tell what was happening to him. But later at 4:30pm it all made sense.