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El Centro quakes; Imperial Valley open, no injuries

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San Diego State University posted an SDSU Alert after a series of earthquakes just northwest of El Centro. Imperial Valley reported no major damage and no injuries; both locations stayed open. Faculty and staff were asked to report facilities issues.

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San Diego State University
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Documented Timeline

Alert Sequence

1 message in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

Confirmed wording is transcribed character-for-character from a primary source. Use Verify this quote under each message to open that source in a new tab and compare the text yourself.

INITIAL ALERTEmail
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SDSU Alert: SDSU Imperial Valley is assessing conditions following a series of earthquakes reported just northwest of El Centro. No major damage and no injuries at SDSU Imperial Valley campuses, and both university locations remain open. Faculty and staff are asked to report any urgent facilities-related issues to Facilities Services Work Control at 619-594-4754; for non-emergency issues, complete the online Work Request form.
Dual independent fetches 2026-08-17. sha256 e6b25173dc23900f1ed8d7473f5b48ba433490dd7225445bae92980b5f4616c3.
Thread checked N/A (official HTML archive).
Not a test: live SDSU Alert after a series of earthquakes.
Work Request form link flattened to those words.
Distinct incident from 2025-04-14-san-diego-state-university-julian-earthquake: different date, epicenter, and campus footprint.
Message elements

How the first alert is built

To check this alert, SuperGrok Heavy 4.5 (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.

SDSU Alert: SDSU Imperial Valley is assessing conditions following a series of earthquakes reported just northwest of El Centro. No major damage and no injuries at SDSU Imperial Valley campuses, and both university locations remain open. Faculty and staff are asked to report any urgent facilities-related issues to Facilities Services Work Control at 619-594-4754; for non-emergency issues, complete the online Work Request form.

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 passes treat SDSU Alert and SDSU Imperial Valley as source.

    Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: SDSU Alert brands the product and SDSU Imperial Valley is the named campus unit.
    2. present: The notice opens with SDSU Alert, the official sender label.
    3. present: SDSU Imperial Valley is the campus voice assessing conditions.
    4. present: Facilities Services Work Control is the named campus shop.
    5. present: The branded SDSU Alert plus SDSU Imperial Valley identify the source.
    6. present: The university locations named are SDSU Imperial Valley campuses.
    7. present: SDSU Alert is the official notification header.
    8. present: The sender is SDSU speaking about Imperial Valley.
    9. present: Facilities Services is the unit given for urgent reports.
    10. present: The product is an SDSU Alert about SDSU Imperial Valley.
    11. present: Campus identity is SDSU Imperial Valley under an SDSU Alert.
    12. present: The official header SDSU Alert marks the source.
    13. present: SDSU Imperial Valley campuses are the institutional subject.
    14. present: Work Control at Facilities Services is an official SDSU unit.
    15. present: The notice is branded SDSU Alert throughout the opening.
    16. present: Imperial Valley is named as the SDSU campus assessing conditions.
    17. present: The source is the SDSU Alert system.
    18. present: SDSU Imperial Valley is the assessing campus.
    19. present: The product names SDSU Alert and Facilities Services.
    20. present: Official SDSU branding is in the first two words.
    21. present: The university voice is SDSU Imperial Valley.
    22. present: SDSU Alert plus Work Control identify the official sender.
    23. present: The archive body is an SDSU Alert product.
    24. present: SDSU is the institution; Imperial Valley is the campus named.
    25. present: The branded alert header plus Facilities Services mark the source.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Every pass marks the earthquake series as the hazard.

    What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: It names a series of earthquakes, a specific geologic hazard.
    2. present: The hazard is a series of earthquakes northwest of El Centro.
    3. present: Earthquakes are the named emergency condition.
    4. present: A series of earthquakes is the concrete hazard.
    5. present: The product reports earthquakes just northwest of El Centro.
    6. present: Geologic shaking is the hazard described.
    7. present: The incident type in the text is earthquakes.
    8. present: Hazard language is a series of earthquakes.
    9. present: The notice is about earthquakes, not weather or crime.
    10. present: Earthquakes reported just northwest of El Centro is the hazard.
    11. present: The body names earthquakes as the event.
    12. present: A quake series is the hazard.
    13. present: The text concerns earthquakes in Imperial Valley.
    14. present: Hazard is seismic activity near El Centro.
    15. present: The notice assesses conditions following earthquakes.
    16. present: Earthquakes are explicit hazard wording.
    17. present: The product is an earthquake notice.
    18. present: A series of earthquakes is stated as the cause of the assessment.
    19. present: The named threat is earthquakes.
    20. present: Seismic events near El Centro are the hazard.
    21. present: The body centers on a series of earthquakes.
    22. present: Earthquake is the hazard word used.
    23. present: The event is a series of reported earthquakes.
    24. present: Geologic hazard language is present.
    25. present: The notice names earthquakes as the problem being assessed.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Northwest of El Centro and Imperial Valley campuses are the location.

    Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: Just northwest of El Centro and SDSU Imperial Valley campuses are named places.
    2. present: El Centro is the geographic reference for the quakes.
    3. present: Imperial Valley campuses are the affected sites.
    4. present: Both university locations is a location phrase.
    5. present: Northwest of El Centro is the epicenter cue.
    6. present: SDSU Imperial Valley is the campus place.
    7. present: The location is Imperial Valley, not the San Diego campus.
    8. present: El Centro plus Imperial Valley are the spatial cues.
    9. present: Both university locations remain open names the sites.
    10. present: The product locates the quakes just northwest of El Centro.
    11. present: Imperial Valley campuses are the footprint being assessed.
    12. present: El Centro is a named city.
    13. present: The spatial frame is Imperial Valley campuses.
    14. present: Just northwest of El Centro is more specific than the county.
    15. present: Named places: El Centro and SDSU Imperial Valley campuses.
    16. present: The affected area is the two Imperial Valley locations.
    17. present: The text places the event near El Centro.
    18. present: University locations in Imperial Valley are the locus.
    19. present: Northwest of El Centro is the reported epicenter area.
    20. present: The campuses being assessed are in Imperial Valley.
    21. present: El Centro is the place named next to the quakes.
    22. present: SDSU Imperial Valley campuses are the named sites.
    23. present: The notice distinguishes Imperial Valley locations.
    24. present: Location language includes El Centro and both university locations.
    25. present: The site under assessment is SDSU Imperial Valley.
  • Guidancepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Report urgent issues to Work Control is treated as guidance.

    The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.

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    1. present: Faculty and staff are asked to report urgent facilities issues to Work Control and to use the Work Request form for non-emergencies.
    2. present: Report any urgent facilities-related issues is explicit guidance.
    3. present: The phone number 619-594-4754 is the urgent reporting action.
    4. present: Complete the online Work Request form is a non-emergency action.
    5. present: The notice tells faculty and staff how to report facilities problems.
    6. present: Work Control is the urgent reporting channel given.
    7. present: Guidance is a two-track report-issues instruction.
    8. present: The product directs people to call Work Control or file a form.
    9. present: Asked to report is a recommended action.
    10. present: The body includes a report-issues instruction with a phone number.
    11. present: Faculty and staff are the audience of the guidance.
    12. present: Urgent issues go to Work Control; non-emergency to the form.
    13. present: The protective action is to report facilities problems.
    14. present: A phone number and a form are the guidance payload.
    15. present: The instruction is report facilities issues, not evacuate.
    16. present: People are directed to Facilities Services Work Control.
    17. present: The notice asks for reports of urgent facilities-related issues.
    18. present: Guidance exists as a report-and-form pair.
    19. present: The Work Request form is the non-emergency action.
    20. present: Asked to report any urgent facilities-related issues is guidance.
    21. present: The product tells people how to reach Work Control.
    22. present: Two reporting paths are the guidance content.
    23. present: Faculty and staff receive a report-issues instruction.
    24. present: The recommended action is to report facilities problems.
    25. present: Work Control plus the Work Request form are the actions given.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    The 7:49 a.m. archive stamp is the time element.

    When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: The archive stamp 7:49 a.m. is the product time.
    2. present: 7:49 a.m. is a clock time on the official archive.
    3. present: The notice is the morning product on February 12.
    4. present: The Urgent page times this SDSU Alert at 7:49 a.m.
    5. present: A morning timestamp is attached to this body.
    6. present: The official time cue is 7:49 a.m.
    7. present: February 12 is the incident date on the archive.
    8. present: The product is the 7:49 a.m. item.
    9. present: The clock time 7:49 a.m. is present on the archive header.
    10. present: The notice is explicitly timed on the Urgent page.
    11. present: 7:49 a.m. Pacific is the send time recorded by SDSU.
    12. present: The header carries a time of day.
    13. present: The time element is the 7:49 a.m. stamp.
    14. present: Morning of February 12 is the time frame.
    15. present: The archive dates this product to Feb. 12 at 7:49 a.m.
    16. present: A specific hour and minute are on the archive header.
    17. present: The SDSU Alert is timed 7:49 a.m.
    18. present: The product header is 7:49 a.m.
    19. present: 7:49 a.m. marks when this notice went out.
    20. present: The dated archive page is February 12 2024.
    21. present: The time cue is the 7:49 a.m. label.
    22. present: This is the only timed SDSU Alert on the page.
    23. present: The official stamp is 7:49 a.m.
    24. present: The product is a morning earthquake notice.
    25. present: Feb. 12 plus 7:49 a.m. is the time pair on the archive.
  • Impactpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 passes treat no major damage and no injuries as impact language.

    What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: No major damage and no injuries is explicit impact language.
    2. present: The text states there are no injuries at Imperial Valley campuses.
    3. present: No injuries is an impact claim, even though negative.
    4. present: No major damage is an impact statement about the campuses.
    5. present: The product reports the human and building impact as none.
    6. present: Impact language is no major damage and no injuries.
    7. present: The notice asserts an injury outcome: none.
    8. present: No injuries at SDSU Imperial Valley campuses is impact wording.
    9. present: Damage and injury status is stated.
    10. present: The body includes an impact sentence about injuries.
    11. present: No major damage is campus-impact language.
    12. present: The identity/impact element is the no-injuries clause.
    13. present: Human harm is addressed as absent.
    14. present: The text reports injury status, not a named victim.
    15. present: Impact is stated: no injuries, no major damage.
    16. present: The notice gives an injury outcome.
    17. present: No injuries is present as a claim.
    18. present: Campus impact is described as none.
    19. present: The product answers whether people were hurt: no.
    20. present: Damage and injury language is in the sentence.
    21. present: The impact statement is negative but present.
    22. present: No major damage and no injuries is the impact line.
    23. present: The text includes injury status for the campuses.
    24. present: Impact on people is addressed.
    25. present: The no-injuries clause is the identity/impact element.

Coded by SuperGrok Heavy 4.5

Systematic AI judgments with visible reasoning, not human-validated codings.

About this analysis
Context

Background

SDSU Urgent archive for a February 12 2024 earthquake series northwest of El Centro affecting Imperial Valley assessment.
Analysis

Key Findings

Single SDSU Alert: no major damage or injuries; both Imperial Valley locations remained open.
Outcome
No major damage and no injuries at Imperial Valley. Both locations remained open.
Provenance

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Cite this case

Campus Alert Archive. "San Diego State University: El Centro quakes; Imperial Valley open, no injuries." Incident of February 12, 2024. Added August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/san-diego-state-university-el-centro-earthquakes-2024-02-12/

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Added August 2026Updated August 2026Via ingestion