The main quake was followed by at least 18 smaller aftershocks.
Tuesday's temblor was the largest in a swarm of earthquakes that have rattled the Salton Sea area since the weekend. More than 40 small quakes, most under magnitude-3, have been detected.
Scientists are keeping close watch on the increased earthquake activity because it is near a section of the San Andreas Fault that has not popped loose in over 300 years.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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