Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap Coachella: Earthquake shakes SoCal desert during music fest !

Coachella: Earthquake shakes SoCal desert during music fest

Time:2024-05-07 23:38:18 source:Earthly Echo news portal

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A small earthquake shook the Southern California desert Saturday near Coachella, where the famous music festival is being held this weekend. No damage or injuries were reported.

The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 3.8, hit at 9:08 a.m. about 8 miles (13 kilometers) northeast of Borrego Springs in Riverside County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The epicenter was about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Coachella. It struck at a depth of about 7 miles (11 kilometers), the USGS said.

A dispatcher with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said there were no calls reporting any problems from the quake.

Related information
  • World welcomes China's resumption of outbound tourism
  • Chinese medics provide free treatment to vulnerable community hosting UN peacekeepers in South Sudan
  • Xi extends Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese
  • DPP manipulates tourism for political purposes, harms cross
  • Scenery of Minjiang River estuary wetland in Fuzhou
  • Mainland spokesperson applauds Ma Ying
  • China donates medical equipment to local hospital in Tanzania
  • China Focus: China strives for vitality after COVID management downgrade
Recommended content
  • China Focus: Chinese Leadership Analyzes Economic Situation, Work
  • Chinese company signs MoU with Ethiopia to light up off
  • Xi sends congratulatory letter on completion, operation of Qinling Station in Antarctica
  • More efforts called on to energize consumption
  • View of Great Wall in Beijing
  • Xi's Article on Strengthening, Improving Work of CPPCC to Be Published