Aftershocks Continue Following Salton Sea Swarm

Palm Desert CA

07 June, 2021

5:48 PM

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SALTON SEA, CA — An earthquake swarm that rocked the Salton Sea area over the weekend has tapered off, but temblors were still be felt, including a larger one Monday afternoon. A magnitude 4.1 quake struck at 2:08 p.m. Monday near Calipatria — one of the largest temblors to shake the Salton Sea region since Saturday's magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit. The area has been rattled by hundreds of quakes as part of a swarm that began Saturday, and seismologists warned the quakes will continue. Following Saturday's magnitude 5.3 temblor, the U.S. Geological Society forecast "there is a 19 percent chance of one or more aftershocks that are larger than magnitude 5.3" but said it was likely the quakes would be smaller. "The number of aftershocks will drop off over time, but a large aftershock can increase the numbers again, temporarily," according to the USGS. There have been no reports of serious injury or damage due to the swarm in the sparsely populated area.