An earthquake struck near Ocotillo Wells and the Salton Sea on Thursday morning with people feeling it in Palm Springs and around the Coachella Valley.
The 4.1 magnitude earthquake hit at 5:48 pm, according to USGS. It was centered 20km east of Ocotillo Wells.
Felt #earthquake (#sismo) M4.1 strikes 46 km NW of El Centro (#California) 3 min ago. Please report to: https://t.co/YCiQAMWgRc pic.twitter.com/jTfZLyyJ0b
— EMSC (@LastQuake) November 29, 2018
Update: Looks like it was downgraded a bit to a 3.9 magnitude earthquake:
Magnitude-3.9 #earthquake reported southeast of Ocotillo Wells in San Diego County.https://t.co/rVlGnAiyl1 pic.twitter.com/fBjSZJeaoh
— NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) November 29, 2018
Twitter immediately began reacting to the shaker.
just felt an earthquake and i had a feeling one was gonna happen soon and it did lol
— amanda|3 (@jetaimesingular) November 29, 2018
Idk how that earthquake woke me up it wasn't even that bad ?
— bella (@isabelllaprado) November 29, 2018
I thought I was just too high but we did just have an earthquake lol
— water scooter (@jdanielSZN) November 29, 2018
Cannot tell if I just felt a small earthquake or my dog stretched in bed ? #southerncaliforniaproblems #shakeit
— Kailah Rose (@klrkailah) November 29, 2018
Did you feel it?
