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by Tina Kells | November 17, 2008 at 09:14 am
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Less than a week after taking part in the Great Southern California ShakeOut San Diego residents were rattled awake by the real deal. A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck the San Diego region in the early hours of Monday morning. No injuries have been reported and property damage from the "light" earthquake is minor.
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake was felt over a wide area of San Diego County Monday morning.
The quake, classified by the US Geological Survey as a "light" earthquake was felt at 4:35 a.m and was centered about ten miles north of the Palomar Observatory and 20 miles east of Temecula.
A CAL FIRE spokesman told San Diego 6 News they've removed fire equipment out of their fire stations and are evaluating if any damage occurred to any facilities.
A light 4.1 earthquake would not typically be expected to cause damage or injury, according to the USGS.
Over 400,000 San Diego residents participated in last Thursday's Great ShakeOut, an event that had over 5 million Southern California residents acting out a 7.8 magnitude earthquake scenario. The 4.1 magnitude earthquake that shook the region this morning caused nothing like the chaos of a massive quake but it must have left many residents a little unnerved.
An estimated 5.1 million people in Southern California signed up to participate, including more than 400,000 in San Diego County.The drill was part of the Great Southern California ShakeOut, a simulation of a 7.8 earthquake on the San Andreas Fault that struck at 10 a.m. Organizers hoped the drill would help people instinctively take the right steps when “The Big One” hits.
The ShakeOut was done in conjunction the state's annual Golden Guardian Emergency Response Exercise, which is designed to test emergency responders' ability to deal with the effects of a catastrophic event.
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at 09:44 on November 17th, 2008
Rachel has some info out on this as well. What did cash my attention was the fact that the observatory was closed.
Minor Earth Quake though by Japanese standards.
at 10:07 on November 17th, 2008
Yes, I deleted my story as we doubled up by mistake. Monday morning and all that!
It is indeed a relatively small earthquake by Japanese standards though I guess the fear is that the Big One is around the corner.
at 18:46 on November 17th, 2008
That fear is always there in those areas, In Tokyo, the Government is and the people are expecting a devastating Earth Quake with in the next decade and yet, even though we all know it is coming we still live here and accept the risk, most have Earth Quake emergency Suit cases or boxes ready with first aid kit and dry food, as well as tent and so on. Japan Is beautiful and the People have learned to change a curse into a blessing in a way. The benefit is a good tempered Climate. Hot springs, and much more. The Bombing of Tokyo in march 1945 caused far more causalities then any Earth Quake ever did before or since then.
at 11:42 on November 17th, 2008
The earthquake was relatively small by Southern California standards. It also was 52 miles from San Diego and much closer to Inland Empire city of Temecula. There was a 3.1 aftershock at about 9:40 a.m. PT Monday. If you look at USGS maps you'll the frequencies and range of SoCal shakes (http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/).
at 09:45 on November 17th, 2008
few more small shocks will occur.After shocks!
at 10:48 on November 17th, 2008
Within the last hour there has been a 3.8 one at the same location.
Source: earthquake.usgs.gov
at 10:53 on November 17th, 2008
4.1 is not worthy. 5.1 is worthy of report, which is the magnitude of one today halfway between Alaska and the North Pole.