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Magnitude 4.0 earthquake reported in Ocotillo

By City News Service
Published December 1, 2022 at 8:25 AM PST
This story was published more than 2 years ago.
A map from USGS shows the location of a magnitude 3.8 earthquake about 12 kilometers northwest of Ocotillo, Calif. Dec. 1, 2022.
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A map from USGS shows the location of a magnitude 3.8 earthquake about 12 kilometers northwest of Ocotillo, Calif. Dec. 1, 2022.

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck near Ocotillo, along the U.S.-Mexico border at 7:28 a.m. Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

It was centered 6.9 miles northwest of Ocotillo and was about 2 miles deep.

It was 26.8 miles west of Imperial and 27.4 miles west of El Centro.

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There are no reports of damage or injuries.

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