A magnitude-5.2 earthquake struck Southern California on Monday morning, rattling buildings and knocking objects off shelves but leaving no significant injuries or damage.
The earthquake’s epicenter was about 3 miles south of the town of Julian and about 40 miles northeast of San Diego, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was preceded and followed by several smaller shocks.
San Diego County firefighters reported no calls for service in the immediate aftermath of the quake.
“There was a lot of shaking and rattling around,” Capt. Thomas Shoots of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection told The Associated Press. “But thankfully everything seems to be back to normal.”
The quake was felt as far away as Los Angeles — 120 miles northwest — and south to the Mexican border. Because the earthquake occurred over land, no tsunami warning was issued for the Southern California coast.
“There shouldn’t be any structural damage,” seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones told KABC. “If there is, it’s in a pretty bad building. There would be things displaced off of shelves.”
The last major earthquake to affect Southern California was a 7.1-magnitude quake in 2019, with an epicenter near the town of Ridgecrest, 100 miles north of Los Angeles. Because the epicenter was in a remote area, only one person was killed in the shaking, a Nevada man in the small town of Pahrump near the California border.