Quake rattles California-Mexico border near Calexico

Saturday August 21, 2004

CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) A small earthquake rattled northern Baja California on Saturday, but there were no reports of damage or injury.

The magnitude-4.2 temblor struck at 6:25 p.m. and was centered in Mexico about 25 miles southeast of Calexico, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Calexico is located in Imperial County on the U.S.-Mexico border about 95 miles east of San Diego.

A dispatcher with the Imperial County Sheriff's Department said there were no reports of damage or injury.


In the interest of timeliness, this story is fed directly from the newswire and may contain occasional typographical errors.

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