(ETH) – A series of earthquakes continue to rattle the Mammoth Lakes area of eastern California with the largest measuring 5.2 according to USGS. According to a report from the LA Times, The seismic activity began at 7:36 a.m on Saturday morning with the 5.2 quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey said was reportedly felt in parts of the Central Valley and into the San Francisco Bay Area. That earthquake was centered near Mono Lake and the historic ghost town of Bodie.
The earthquake was followed by a series of aftershocks, including one that measures magnitude 4.6 and another that measured magnitude 4.1. There have been no reports of damage or injuries from these ongoing quakes. Mono County sheriff’s dispatchers in Bridgeport, about 30 miles northwest of Bodie, felt the earthquake, Sgt. Magdaleno Hernandez told the Associated Press. He concluded that they have not received any reports of damages or injuries.
Earthquake expert Lucy Jones commented on this current swarm and said: “Current quake cluster east of Mono Lake is an area that has at times had very energetic sequences with multiple larger events, so we won’t be surprised at more events today. In 1915 and 1954 there were M~7 events to the north of here. Luckily most of the faults are far from towns.”
