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The magnitude 5.2 earthquake near Bakersfield was felt over a wide area of Southern California. Experts say there are several reason for this, including its size, time of night and the so-called ...
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Lamont, California, on Tuesday night and rumbled through a broad stretch of Southern California, including Los Angeles.
The most recent significant earthquake (above a 6.0 on the Richter scale) in the state was the 6.4 magnitude quake that occurred in Ferndale, Humboldt County, in December 2022, in which two people ...
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The 1952 Kern County earthquake occurred on July 21 in the southern San Joaquin Valley and measured 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale.The main shock occurred at 4:52 am Pacific Daylight Time (11:52 UTC), killed 12 people, injured hundreds more and caused an estimated $60 million in property damage.
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported at 3:48 p.m. Pacific time 22 miles from Bakersfield
Smaller earthquakes are quite common. In the Ridgecrest area these include a M L 5.2 [123] earthquake in October 1961 near Brown (approximately halfway between Ridgecrest and Little Lake) that was felt in Independence and Los Angeles; it was preceded by eight minutes by an M L 3.4 foreshock felt in China Lake (east of Ridgecrest). [124]
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported early Monday about 22 miles from Bakersfield, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.