Eight aftershocks were recorded since today’s 5.2-magnitude natural disaster hit Southern California shortly after 1 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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There have been several aftershocks, including a magnitude 3.3 shake 13 miles from Anza, Southern California at 1:46 a.m.at a depth of 6.8 miles.
Facebook and other social media sites carried posts from people in San Diego and Los Angeles, about 100 miles to the west, reporting they felt the quake.
Rancho Mirage is in Riverside County about 10 miles south of Palm Springs. The natural disaster was initially reported with a magnitude of 5.1 before it was revised to 5.2, according to the USGS.
Various tweets this morning showed the quake was felt as north as Los Angeles and throughout Long Beach and Orange County.
A telltale sign that a quake is going to be large is how long it lasts, she said.
The strongest was a 3.5 magnitude tremor with a depth of 6.7 miles.
Saum Yermian, a longtime Los Angeles resident who has been through his share of quakes, posted video on Instagram of a chandelier still swaying after the ground stopped moving.
However, the quake did trigger a minor rock slide near Borrego Springs.
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The epicenter of Friday mornings M5.2 natural disaster was on the San Jacinto Fault, the most active in Southern California.
