The Yuma Sun reports no damage in the Yuma area from Friday night's 5.4 magnitude earthquake that occurred 19 miles southeast of Mexicali, on a southern extension of the San Andreas fault. The Sun also noted:
Significant earthquakes, at least 7.0 in magnitude, shook Yuma in 1915, 1934 and 1940. The 1940 quake was centered near El Centro.
The Sun on May 20, 1940, reported that the quake "rocked buildings, crumpled bridges, ripped huge crevices in pavements and on valley farms, caused large sections of land to rise and other sections to drop a foot or two below the surface of surrounding land."
[Maps are from the US Geological
Survey]