5.4 earthquake hits Borrego Springs

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit the Borrego Spring area at 4:53 p.m., shaking all of San Diego County. The quake began 7.3 miles deep and follows a series of smaller quakes in that area in recent weeks. Seismologists initially listed the quake at 5.9 but quickly downgraded it. USGS said that today’s earthquake was not an aftershock to to 7.2 Easter Sunday quake.