A series of earthquakes _ the largest a magnitude-5.1 _ have rattled the Lone Pine area of the eastern Sierra in Central California.
The largest struck about 18 miles southeast of the town of Lone Pine along the east shore of the Owens River at 3:01 a.m.
It was followed within three hours by about a half-dozen smaller quakes between magnitude-3.0 and magnitude-3.5 in the same rural area near Sequoia National Park, about 180 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
Inyo County sheriff’s dispatcher Faith Felton says she felt a slight tremor during the strongest quake. No damages or injuries have been reported.
U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Randy Baldwin says a couple of quakes with magnitudes of about 5.4 have occurred in the area in recent years.
The last destructive quake to hit the Lone Pine area came in 1872, when a temblor similar in size to the 1906 San Francisco quake killed about 30 people and leveled nearly all buildings.
Was this article valuable?
Here are more articles you may enjoy.
NY Lawmakers Agree to Governor’s Auto Insurance Reforms in New Budget 
Acrisure to Cut 2,250 Employees, Citing Advances in Technology and AI 
Florida Court Says 2020 Law Gives ‘Very Broad’ Liability Immunity to Rideshare Firms 
Comulate Loses Appeal for Injunction Against Applied Systems 
