Seismogram being recorded by a seismograph at the Weston Observatory in Massachusetts, USA.. Photo by Z22 [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
Seismogram being recorded by a seismograph at the Weston Observatory in Massachusetts, USA.. Photo by Z22 [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
Three small earthquakes struck northern Imperial County Monday morning. the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The first was a 3.2-magnitude temblor that hit at 6:14 a.m. at a depth of around 3.7 miles, its epicenter 11 miles west-northwest of Niland, south of the Riverside County boundary, according to a computer-generated USGS statement.

The second measured 3.0 and struck at 7:33 a.m. at a depth of around 8.6 miles, 13 miles west-northwest of Niland, according to a second computer- generated USGS statement.

The third had a magnitude of 3.1 and came at 8:48 a.m., its epicenter 10 mile west-northwest of Niland, the USGS reported, again on the basis of a computer-generated report.

—City News Service

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