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14th April 2012, 06:08 AM
By LALATE:
Posted: April 13th, 2012
LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A San Diego “earthquake” mystery today Friday April 13, 2012 has been denied as a sonic boom. San Diego residents reported an earthquake like event at 8:38 am to 9 am PST today. While a light San Diego neighboring earthquake did happen this morning, there was no sonic boom from MCAS Miramar, officials tell news.
Earlier today, local news erroneously reported that there wasn’t an earthquake at the time. But USGS does confirm to news that a neighboring earthquake did strike around that time. But the quake wasn’t substantial. And it wasn’t precisely in San Diego either.
A 1.4 magnitude quake struck Friday April 13, 2012, USGS reports to news, at roughly 8:18 AM PST. The quake was ninety-three miles from San Diego. The quake was north east of town, located closest to Indio, USGS tells news. The only other quake around that time was a 1.9 magnitude quake. But that quake was centered out near Seeley.
Residents took to Tweeter to comment about the same. Some said it happened closer to 9 am rather than 8:30. “Weird shaking and sounds in San Diego” wrote one person. Others reported dramatic window movements in their homes. MCAS Miramar tells news that there wasn’t a sonic boom at the time.
So what happened? San Diego State University Professor Emeritus Pat Abbott tells local news that the sound could have been atmospheric. But weather reports deny that possibility.
Local military officials have yet to tell news if an exercise today may have caused the problem. Twitter activity about the same matter became heightened later in the day, close to noon Friday.
Posted: April 13th, 2012
LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A San Diego “earthquake” mystery today Friday April 13, 2012 has been denied as a sonic boom. San Diego residents reported an earthquake like event at 8:38 am to 9 am PST today. While a light San Diego neighboring earthquake did happen this morning, there was no sonic boom from MCAS Miramar, officials tell news.
Earlier today, local news erroneously reported that there wasn’t an earthquake at the time. But USGS does confirm to news that a neighboring earthquake did strike around that time. But the quake wasn’t substantial. And it wasn’t precisely in San Diego either.
A 1.4 magnitude quake struck Friday April 13, 2012, USGS reports to news, at roughly 8:18 AM PST. The quake was ninety-three miles from San Diego. The quake was north east of town, located closest to Indio, USGS tells news. The only other quake around that time was a 1.9 magnitude quake. But that quake was centered out near Seeley.
Residents took to Tweeter to comment about the same. Some said it happened closer to 9 am rather than 8:30. “Weird shaking and sounds in San Diego” wrote one person. Others reported dramatic window movements in their homes. MCAS Miramar tells news that there wasn’t a sonic boom at the time.
So what happened? San Diego State University Professor Emeritus Pat Abbott tells local news that the sound could have been atmospheric. But weather reports deny that possibility.
Local military officials have yet to tell news if an exercise today may have caused the problem. Twitter activity about the same matter became heightened later in the day, close to noon Friday.