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At least 40 earthquakes have struck the Imperial Valley city of Brawley
A series of earthquakes has struck the Imperial Valley city of Brawley.
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A swarm of earthquakes has hit the Imperial Valley city of Brawley, ranging in magnitude from 2 to 4.6.
No injuries or significant damage have been reported.
"It felt all right. We were having a good day," Dave Ramirez, who works at a local truck stop, told LAist the tremors haven't been too bad. " Nothing really crazy."
At least 40 quakes have struck in the last 24 hours, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The first, a magnitude 3.4, struck around 4 p.m. Saturday. The latest was a magnitude 2.9 that hit at 4 a.m. Sunday.
The biggest was a magnitude 4.6 that struck shortly after midnight Sunday.
Brawley, about 115 miles east of San Diego, says in a statement that it "continues closely monitoring ongoing earthquake activity and aftershocks affecting the region."
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The jolts are concentrated around the Brawley Fault Zone, an area known for frequent earthquake swarms connecting the Imperial and San Andreas faults.
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