Earthquake rattles southern Arizona community

WHY, AZ (AZFamily) — A small earthquake struck a small southern Arizona community Friday afternoon.

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According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude 2.5 earthquake rattled southwest of Why, a rural spot in Pima County, near the western border of the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation, around 3:30 p.m.

No damage or injuries have been reported, which is to be expected, since a magnitude 2.5 earthquake isn’t very strong. People near the epicenter might feel it, but many such earthquakes are detected only by seismographs.

This comes just days after a weeklong swarm of earthquakes struck the Arizona-California border, with the strongest reaching magnitude 4.7.

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While California, Nevada and Utah get more earthquakes than Arizona does, the Grand Canyon State does get hit with hundreds of earthquakes because several active faults still exist around Arizona.

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