Magnitude 5.2 earthquake recorded near San Diego

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — People across San Diego County reported feeling an earthquake Monday morning. USGS initially reported a 5.

1 magnitude earthquake south of Julian at 10:08 a.m. on Monday.



USGS later updated it to a 5.2 magnitude earthquake. Several aftershocks were reported in the area immediately following.

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9 magnitude quake happened along the Rose Canyon Fault, which mirrors the path the I-5 freeway takes from La Jolla to Downtown, it could cause an estimated $38 billion of damage with up to 800 deaths. This exact scenario was analyzed in a 2020 report by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Such an earthquake would be tied for the 13th-strongest to ever hit California.

The state's other 6.9M earthquake hit the Bay Area in 1989, causing up to $10 billion in damages, injuring 3,753 people and killing 63. In fact, one 2015 study from the Southern California Earthquake Center said there is a 75% chance of a 7 magnitude earthquake hitting Southern California by 2045.

"We cannot predict earthquakes," said Dr. Pat Abbott, professor of geology emeritus at San Diego State University. "But geologically we are overdue for what we estimate to be a 7.

8 magnitude on the Salton Sea." However, if such a devastating quake were to hit the region, the damage would still be significantly less than what has just happened in Turkey. Back-to-back earthquakes — one a 7.

8 magnitude and the other a 7.5 magnitude — have killed at least 11,000 people. "California is not going to receive that same level of destruction," Dr.

Abbott said. "I'm not saying we're going to experience destruction..

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