California earthquake: Fears of Big One as Los Angeles is ROCKED by 5.1 quake
AN Earthquake has shaken California while the west coast of America is part-way through a test run of how disaster officials will respond to a major tremor and tsunami.
By JON AUSTIN
Express.co.uk
Fri, Jun 10, 2016
The magnitude 5.1 earthquake was reported in the early hours of today at 1.04am local time, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
It struck 13 miles from Borrego Springs at a depth of just 0.6 miles.
The USGS said the epicenter was 16 miles from La Quinta, 19 miles from Palm Desert, and 20 miles from Rancho Mirage.
There are fears California, and west-coast America further north, are overdue for a huge earthquake of magnitude 8 or above.
Aftershocks were felt across the West Coast of America after the initial quake.
Many people fear it could strike any time as seismic activity appears to be increasing.
In the past 10 days, there have been two earthquakes of magnitude 3 or higher in the same region.
On Tuesday, an emergency dry run of how officials will respond to a tsunami-causing earthquake along the west coast began.
Today is scheduled to be the last day of that test run.
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