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Update: Second, larger quake shakes Southern California, also near Ridgecrest
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Southern California Friday night, the second major temblor in less than two days and one that rocked buildings across Southern California, adding more jitters to an already nervous region.
The quake was centered near Ridgecrest, the location of the July 4th 6.2 magnitude temblor that was the largest in nearly 20 years.
There were reports of Friday night's quake causing some fires and other damage in Ridgecrest, said emergency officials on the scene.
[...] When Thursday's quake hit, scientists had warned that it could lead to an even larger quake. Ridgecrest has been rattled by more than 17 magnitude 4 quakes and at least 1,200 aftershocks since Thursday. A magnitude 5.4 aftershock occurred earlier this morning— strong enough to awaken some residents of Los Angeles about 125 miles away.
Strongest Earthquake in Years Rattles Southern California; Damage Reported:
The largest earthquake in two decades rattled Southern California on Thursday morning, shaking communities from Las Vegas to Long Beach and ending a quiet period in the state's seismic history.
Striking at 10:33 a.m., the magnitude 6.4 temblor was centered about 125 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the remote Searles Valley area near where Inyo, San Bernardino and Kern counties meet. It was felt as far away as Ensenada and Mexicali in Mexico, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Reno and Chico, Calif.
Authorities said there were no immediate reports of deaths, serious injuries or major infrastructure damage, though emergency responders were still inspecting areas around the city of Ridgecrest.
Patients at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital were evacuated "out of an abundance of caution," hospital Chief Executive James Suver said. About 20 patients were transferred to other facilities while seismic engineers inspected broken pipes in the facility. "For true emergencies, we will stabilize them and then get them to the right level of care," he said.
Ridgecrest, a community of about 29,000 known to many skiers as a pit stop on the way to Mammoth, was inundated with offers of help, from neighboring towns, congressional leaders such as Rep. Kevin McCarthy and Sen. Kamala Harris and even the White House, Mayor Peggy Breeden said.
[...] The quake, estimated to have been felt by some 15 million people, was the largest with an epicenter in Southern California since the magnitude 7.1 Hector Mine quake struck the Mojave Desert in 1999, about 35 miles north of Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base. The last earthquake felt as widely as Thursday's was the magnitude 7.2 earthquake on Easter Sunday 2010 that had an epicenter across the border in Baja California.
Before Thursday, it had been almost five years since the state experienced an earthquake of magnitude 6 or stronger. Experts had said the period of calm was sure to end, and when it did it would likely bring destruction.
[...] The rocking in Searles Valley began with two foreshocks: an initial quake of magnitude 4 at 10:02 a.m. Seven minutes later, a 2.5 temblor struck. About 24 minutes later, the mainshock began seven miles underground, lasting five seconds.
[...] By midafternoon, more than 200 aftershocks had been recorded, including 10 of magnitude 4 or greater.
Caltech seismologist Lucy Jones, California's foremost earthquake expert, said that aftershocks will continue to rumble through Kern County, and there is a small chance that the quake was a "foreshock" of an even greater temblor to come.
[...] The faults that moved Thursday were nowhere near California's most feared fault — they are about 100 miles northeast of the San Andreas, said Caltech seismologist Egill Hauksson.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @01:18AM (16 children)
Nothing 'breaking', not notable enough for 'news', WTF?
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @01:24AM
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday July 05 2019, @01:26AM (6 children)
The war to end all wars, wasn't: but it's over.
Trump is President!
Hot girls don't want to go with you to your parents basement.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 3, Funny) by khallow on Friday July 05 2019, @02:33AM (3 children)
Speaking of that, I'm starting to see some US currency bills stamped with pro-Trump phrases such as "MAGA". One particularly cruel one has circled the building on the reverse side of the twenty - it's an engraving of the White House and announces underneath "Trump lives here." Needless to say, these go straight to the bank rather than get handed to guests who won't even start to cope with the Trump presidency until some time after he leaves office.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 06 2019, @05:05AM (1 child)
Yeah, I got one of those stamped bills in change at the market about a week ago. Gave it back to the cashier who put it under the register tray (where $100 bills are also stashed).
Is it legal to deface US currency?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 06 2019, @07:48AM
Why don't you read the laws to find out?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 06 2019, @04:36PM
Write www.wheresgeorge.com on it and register the serial# on that website. You can track where the money goes.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @02:58AM
That's all right, that one is full with cold ones anyway.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 07 2019, @06:31PM
That's because she wants you to go to her parents basement...
(Score: 2, Disagree) by Username on Friday July 05 2019, @04:50AM
Yeah, I kinda remember a quake in japan that was strong enough to break a nuclear reactor.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @09:19AM (5 children)
No.
The Richter scale is obsolete, it was an earthquake of magnitude 6.4.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @01:14PM (4 children)
It's logarithmic.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday July 06 2019, @06:44AM (3 children)
But - doesn't burning logs contribute to global warming?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 06 2019, @05:40PM
Only if they were created by systemd.
(Score: 2) by EvilSS on Saturday July 06 2019, @07:56PM (1 child)
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday July 06 2019, @08:50PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Friday July 05 2019, @12:36PM
Probably a lot of submissions because it has been all over the TV news. They show the three or four places where something got badly damaged and then act like the entire city was leveled. Some even pulled out stock footage from previous quakes because there was not enough damage to show.
At least it was a change from the usual tree falling, drooling sack of consumertard shit shooting some other consumertard for their new $1000 smart phone ("the new one has Siirrriiii!"), or some twat spewing dumb shit on that mindless Twitter web site. (especially some dork named Trump - that can't possibly be the president? A President of the United States has no business posting on such a private web site, especially one so juvenile. Right?)
Just a reminder from the friendly TV news that you have to be SCARED! And don't forget to buy a new powerful smart phone and install our FREE weather/news app so you can get instant updates because you must have instant updates or you are a BAD PERSON!.