An earthquake struck near the High Desert community of Pearblossom, and along the San Andreas Fault.
The magnitude 3.3 quake struck at 10:49 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 8, four miles south of Pearblossom in Los Angeles County, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck near the High Desert community of Pearblossom, and along the San Andreas Fault west of the Victor Valley.
The earthquake struck west of the San Bernardino County line, and was felt from Victorville to Santa Clarita and Palmdale to Long Beach.
Pearblossom is the site of the Mojave section of the San Andreas Fault, which stretches from the Gulf of California in Mexico and ends just a few miles south of Eureka, in Northern California.
The San Andreas Fault is a sliding boundary, which slices California from Cape Mendocino to the Mexican border. In Southern California, the fault runs through areas like Desert Hot Springs, San Bernardino, Wrightwood, and Palmdale.
In Southern California, the fault runs through areas like Desert Hot Springs, Devore, San Bernardino, Wrightwood and Palmdale.
There were no reports of injuries or damage.
Daily Press reporter Rene Ray De La Cruz may be reached at RDeLaCruz@VVDailyPress.com. Follow him on X @DP_ReneDeLaCruz
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This article originally appeared on Victorville Daily Press: Earthquake strikes Pearblossom along San Andreas Fault in High Desert
