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Update 6:12pm | From the San Diego Union Tribune: USGS said that today’s earthquake was not an aftershock to to 7.2 Easter Sunday quake. Instead, today’s quake occurred on the Clark strand of the San Jacinto fault, the most active system — and possibly most dangerous — in Southern California. It is possible that today’s quake caused shifting on other faults in the region, USGS said.
Update 5:25pm | USGS estimates an aftershock probability of 40% in the next seven days.
Update 5:21pm | USGS downgrades magnitude to 5.4.
Update 5:20pm | Click here for the latest from the Press Telegram.
Update 5:08pm | Click here for the latest from the Los Angeles Times which reports “no immediate reports of damage or injuries, but some residents said the quake caused glass to break.”
Update 5:00pm | Battalion Chief Frank Hayes of the Long Beach Fire Department says that firefighters have gone into what he calls “earthquake mode,” as they always do directly after a quake. That means that rigs across town will exit their stations and perform reconnaissance certain areas out in the field for any immediate damage. Hayes also called this particular earthquake “minor” and said that in the event of a larger quake the rigs would immediately be dispatched to check infrastructure such as bridges and other large buildings. No injuries or damage have been reported thus far.
4:55pm | An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 was centered in Borrego Springs near the southern portion of Riverside County, the USGS reports. The earthquake was felt in Long Beach just moments ago.
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