SAN DIEGO -- Within hours of the 5.2 magnitude earthquake, which struck the Borrego Springs area of east San Diego County, hundreds of people were posting comments on their experiences of the quake to social media.
Read some of their comments here:
Earthquake! It felt like a bus hit our house.
— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) June 10, 2016
@NWSSanDiego little damage reported in LaQuinta this from a families house I talked with this morning. pic.twitter.com/MaA4FphJLq
— Chris Tarpening (@Tarp1969) June 10, 2016
Bigger EQs last a longer time. If you feel 10+ sec of shaking, you know it is at least M5
— Dr. Lucy Jones (@DrLucyJones) June 10, 2016
I LITERALLY THOUGHT A GHOST WAS PUSHING MY BED. but thanks to twitter, I now know it was just an earthquake... I've never been so scared.???
— McKaley Miller (@McKaleyM) June 10, 2016
San Jacinto is historically most active fault in SoCal. Today's EQ near locations of M6 in 1937 and M5.3 in 1980
— Dr. Lucy Jones (@DrLucyJones) June 10, 2016
We have never seen a San Andreas EQ triggered by a San Jacinto EQ. The 2 faults are ~25 miles apart
— Dr. Lucy Jones (@DrLucyJones) June 10, 2016
So who else felt the earth move here at 1:05 this morning? A 5.2 earthquake hit north of Borrego Springs. You weren’t dreaming!
— City of Chula Vista (@thinkchulavista) June 10, 2016
When you're in SoCal and you feel that #earthquake hit for a second... pic.twitter.com/vADc7w5PcF
— The Walking Dead (@TheWalkingDead) June 10, 2016
I have sensed a great disturbance in the force #earthquake
— DarthVader No1™ (@Burnt_Out_Darth) June 10, 2016
My dog. Worst #earthquake predictor ever. Hasn't moved. #socaldoggie pic.twitter.com/q8pW2AK142
— Melissa Mecija (@10NewsMecija) June 10, 2016
I managed to be the only person in all of SoCal who slept through a 5.2 earthquake this morning
I'm never allowed to cry "insomnia" again
— Ian Rousso (@iantaco) June 10, 2016
The temblor struck at 1:04 a.m. at a depth of .6 miles with a magnitude of 5.2, according to a computer-generated report from the USGS. A quake of such strength is capable of generating considerable damage.
Within an hour and 20 minutes, there were seven aftershocks in the same general area. The strongest were magnitude-3.5 shakers at 1:06 a.m. and at 1:33 a.m. with roughly the same epicenter as the main quake but at depths of 6.7 miles and 6.2 miles, respectively, according to the USGS.
