A couple of small earthquakes shook San Bernardino on Monday morning, according to the United States geological service.
An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 was reported less than one mile of San Bernardino at 9:44 am followed by an earthquake of magnitude 3.0 four minutes later, the USGS reported.
The tremor occurred to a few miles from Highland, Muscoy, Lake Arrowhead and Rialto.
The initial earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.7 miles near Harrison Canyon Road and the second at a depth of 4.5 miles near David Way North in San Bernardino. A USGS spokesman could not be contacted immediately to comment.
Dorothy Chen-Maynard, an expert in nutritional sciences who also teaches in Cal State San Bernardino, was in the middle of a conference on metabolism with future dietitians when the earthquakes occurred.
“Initially he felt like a shake, then a little rumble,” he said. “The first [quake] It was a little stronger than the second. ”
Chen-Maynard was surprised to know that the epicenter of the second earthquake was just a street in his house.
“I hope my house is fine,” he said. “I will discover it later in the day.”
He said that after the earthquakes, the conference on metabolism changed to a discussion about the preparation and safety of earthquakes.
In the last 10 days, there have been no earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more focused near.
An average of 234 earthquakes with magnitudes between 3.0 and 4.0 occur per year in California and Nevada, according to a recent three -year data sample.
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