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Thursday, July 04, 2019
6.4 earthquake hits California near Ridgecrest (click here for news article - thank you)
USGS website with continuous aftershocks occurring in the area. (click here) There was also a 6.2 in Canada along the same fault system.
M 6.2 - 196km WSW of Bella Bella, Canada (click here)
2019-07-04 04:30:44 (UTC)
July 4, 2019
By John Antczak and Olga R. Rodriquez
The strongest earthquake in 20 years (click here) shook a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday, rattling nerves on the July 4th holiday and causing injuries and damage in a town near the epicenter, followed by a swarm of ongoing aftershocks.
The 6.4 magnitude quake struck at 10:33 a.m. in the Mojave Desert, about 150 miles northeast of Los Angeles, near the town of Ridgecrest, California....