A 5.2 magnitude earthquake shaken San Diego (California) and its surroundings yesterday, Monday afternoon, according to US Geological Survey (USGS). The Julian area, the epicenter of the earthquake, is located in the magnificent mountains of Cuyamaca about an hour north-east of San Diego. There would be no structural damage. Yesterday, April 14, there was also a small earthquake on Reunion Island.
The USGS continued to report small replicas in the region in the hour that followed the earthquake
The national meteorological service said that no tsunami was planned. In the moments preceding the earthquake, emergency alerts issued by the USGS ordered residents to take refuge to Los Angeles.
earthquakes are notoriously difficult to provide, but the alert period of approximately 15 seconds was sufficient to act
The USGS uses seismographers and other sensors buried in the ground through California to perform ultra-fast detection when the earth begins to move, said Robert de Groot, team leader of the agency Shakealerlet system.
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Earthquake in Reunion
An earthquake of magnitude 2.4 on the Richter scale was felt, in Reunion, Monday, April 14, at 8:04 p.m. “This kind of earthquake is common,” reassures the volcanological observatory of the Piton de la Fournaise.
In 90 % of cases, earthquakes on Reunion Island are linked to the activity of the Piton de la Fournaise. But right now, “nothing new on the side of the volcano. We are still in a rest phase, without a warning sign of an eruption ”.
In the island, the other earthquakes are mostly linked to this flaw under the Massif de la Roche written. Zacharie Duputel, seismologist at the volcanological observatory has long worked on this flaw.
