A 3.1 earthquake struck Desert Hot Springs on Thursday night. You didn’t read about that at Cactus Hugs because, to us anyway, a 3.1 is like someone taking forever to write a freakin’ check at the Trader Joe’s register – just a regular, not-newsworthy and inconvenient thing we live with in the Coachella Valley. But, as KMIR reports, it’s what happened after that has the town asking WTF?
“No it’s not an earthquake. It’s just like a tremor, like a vibration, you can even hear it on the windows, it’s crazy,” says resident Thalia Acosta.
People across the city say it was a low rumble and you could feel it. They say it would come off and on for hours. Andres Gonzales believes he captured the faint mystery sound, “It sounded kind of like a helicopter pushing wind.”
Even officials can’t explain the tremors. A representative with the USGS says it was most likely not an earthquake. Officers in the Desert Hot Springs Police Department say they can’t explain it either. “We had officers out at a traffic incident and they also heard it, officers looked around the area to locate the source but they were not able to,” says Deputy Chief Jim Henson.
So, what the hell was it?
Some totally uneducated guesses:
- Someone’s belly was a rumblin’ cuz they were so hungry.
- Exploding meth labs.
- Someone’s belly rumblin’ after they ate too many tacos at the newish Taco Bell.
- Someone’s belly after they ate too much meth.
So, yeah, those are super dumb. So please share your theories in the comments – and let’s solve this mystery.
