The Earth trembled this Monday night (but this Monday morning for the locals) in southern California. An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 arrived in the region of Julian, east of San Diego, according to the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS). It has been followed by several replicas in the surrounding region, which is little inhabited, reports Los Angeles Times.
However, feeling in Los Angeles and in Orange County, the shock has momentarily unbalanced certain inhabitants, without, however, without causing significant damage.
“It is unlikely that there are victims and damage,” said the USGS in a preliminary report, while specifying that if most local constructions adapt to seismic standards, certain older structures remain vulnerable. In X, the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, said that “the State collaborates with local authorities to evaluate any damage and determine if an emergency intervention is …