A swarm of earthquakes impacted the southern California region today (Sunday August 26, 2012) from the Brawley Seismic Zone. I personally experienced a 5.3M earthquake while at Mission Hospital around 12:30 PM. The towers shook momentarily enough to get the attention of doctors and nurses. The largest quake occurred at 1:57 PM and registered at a 5.5M (epicenter about three miles northwest of the town of Brawley) about 140 miles away from Mission Viejo, CA. The map below depicts the unusually large quantity of earthquakes in the southern California region.
