{"id":44361,"date":"2016-04-20T07:47:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T14:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?p=44361"},"modified":"2016-08-19T16:19:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T23:19:08","slug":"earthquake-south-mountain-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/04\/20\/earthquake-south-mountain-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake south of Mountain Center"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the early morning of April 20, an earthquake, magnitude 2.9, occurred about 2 to 3 miles west of Little Thomas Mountain and the same distance south of Baldy Mountain.<\/p>\n
The quake was at about 4:40 PDT. During the next 12 minutes, another four minor quakes were recorded. Their magnitudes ranged from .3 to 1.7. About an hour later, a .5 shake was recorded about 10 miles southeast of the original in the Santa Rosa Mountains area.<\/p>\n
The initial report, minutes after the quake occurred, measured the tremblor at magnitude 3.3, but the current U.S. Geologoical Survey data indicates it was 2.9 magnitude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the early morning of April 20, an earthquake, magnitude 2.9, occurred about 2 to 3 miles west of Little Thomas Mountain and the same distance south of Baldy Mountain. The quake was at about 4:40 PDT. During the next 12 minutes, another four minor quakes were recorded. Their magnitudes ranged from .3 to 1.7. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[574,720],"yoast_head":"\n