Desert Dwellers and Hidden Faults
It was a crisp, warm, desert night in the summer of 1986. A few scattered clouds decorated the night sky. All was calm. At 2:21 AM , the city of Palm Springs was woken up. The New York Times reported residents hearing an ominous sound: coyotes howling in the night. A growl from the earth followed, piercing throughout the Coachella Valley, ricketing storefronts, shattering glass, roaring through the nearby San Jacinto mountains, and shaking awake sleepy residents. An earthqu