San Diego Earthquake Mystery Today April 13 Denied as Sonic Boom

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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.

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From cdn.newsoxy.com:

By: Bill Waters
04/14/2012 03:32 AM ET

The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 6.9 magnitude quake hit the waters between the Baja peninsula and the northern state of Sonora at 12:15 a.m. local time. The agency also reported that the quake had a nominal depth.

The San Diego quake struck with a epicenter could be felt across the immediate region.

Residents in the city of Hermosillo woke up as their beds swayed and their ceiling fans shook. The San Diego temblor was centered 82 miles (133 kilometers) northeast of Guerrero Negro, and 133 miles (215 kilometers) west of Hermosillo, and it hit some 6.4 miles (10.3 kilometers) below the surface.

It follows a 6.4 magnitude quake which struck a sparsely populated area in the mountains of western Mexico on Wednesday, and caused multi-story buildings to sway more than 200 miles (322 kilometers) away in Mexico City.

Last month’s big earthquake was felt strongly in the nation’s capital, and it damaged hundreds of homes and killed at least two people near the border between Guerrero and Oaxaca states. Mexico’s seismological service said that quake has been followed by close to 400 aftershocks, including one of magnitude 6.0.