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Quake Gives East County a Gentle Shake

The estimated magnitude of Saturday afternoon's earthquake was 4.0.

A moderate earthquake apparently rattled East County Saturday, according to preliminary reports from automated seismographs.

The quake, with an estimated magnitude 4.0, struck near Laguna Mountain at 1:37 p.m.

The epicenter was initially described as 19 miles south-southeast of Borrego Springs, or 54 miles east-northeast of San Diego.

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The quake’s size and epicenter was not immediately reviewed by scientists, and those details are sometimes revised, seismologists have said.

-City News Service

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