A 5.3 earthquake rattled parts of Northern California late Tuesday, triggering emergency alerts on some area residents’ phones telling them to “Drop, Cover, Hold On.”
The epicenter of the quake was located about nine miles northeast of Susanville, a town of about 18,000 in the far northeast portion of the state, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The tremor originated from a very shallow depth of 5.6 miles beneath the epicenter, a condition that typically results in a more intense shaking on the surface than would occur during a deeper earthquake. The precise magnitude, depth and epicenter location of the quake could change as the USGS and other agencies assess the data and refine calculations…