Moderate earthquake shakes southern California, felt in San Diego

SAN DIEGO (BNO NEWS) — A moderate earthquake shook southern California on Saturday evening, with reports of it being felt as far away as San Diego, seismologists said. There were no reports of damage or casualties.

The 4.8-magnitude earthquake at 8.08 p.m. PDT (0308 GMT Sunday) was centered about 9 miles (15 kilometers) north-northwest of Borrego Springs, an unincorporated community in San Diego County. It struck about 3.6 miles (5.8 kilometers) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the California Integrated Seismic Network.

The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center initially measured the strength of the earthquake at 4.8 on the Richter scale, and was then downgraded to 4.4 by the United States Geological Survey – the same agency that later again upgraded it to a 4.9.

The United States Geological Survey also posted another earthquake to its website, which was supposed to have happened at 8.09 p.m. PDT (0309 GMT Sunday), but a geophysicist at the agency said it was posted in error.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from Saturday’s earthquake, which was centered some 56 miles (89 kilometers) northeast of San Diego. People in San Diego reported feeling light shaking.

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