Series of earthquakes shakes California-Mexico border region

[tawadi]

Source: LATimes

July 1, 2012 | 7:34 am

A series of moderate earthquakes has hit the California-Mexico border over the last 12 hours.

The swarm began with a magnitude 4.7 temblor Saturday night near the Mexican town of Guadalupe Victoria, which is 32 mile southeast of Mexicali.

It was followed by more than a dozen other quakes including a 4.1, 3.6 and 3.5 magnitude.



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[AtheistCrusader]

1. That area went berzerk last year.

Thousands of small quakes.

Here's hoping it's releasing strain, and not building up to a huge slippage.