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At 8:19 p.m. PDT on July 5, a larger 7.1 M w earthquake occurred in the Ridgecrest area after being preceded by a 5.0 M w foreshock 3 minutes prior, [23] revealing the previous day's 6.4 M w earthquake to have been a foreshock. All three earthquakes have been described by the United States Geological Survey as occurring via shallow strike-slip ...
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English: ShakeMap from USGS for the magnitude 7.1, maximum intensity 9.37 earthquake with tsunami near 17.4 km (10.8 mi) NNE of Ridgecrest, CA (17 km NNE of Ridgecrest, CA), 8 km depth. Date 6 July 2019, 03:19:53
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An earthquake is what happens when the seismic energy from plates slipping past each other rattles the planet's surface. Those seismic waves are like ripples on a pond, the USGS said.
The Puente Hills system is capable of producing a magnitude 7.5 earthquake, which runs under highly populated areas of L.A. and Orange counties and could kill 3,000 to 18,000 people, according to ...
7 [221] Indonesia offshore, Molucca Sea, 136 km west southwest of Ternate: 6.9 35.0 V - - - 8 [222] Iran, Khuzestan, 31 km southeast of Masjed Soleyman: 5.6 19.0 VII The earthquake caused damage in Khuzestan region, like cracks in walls and fallen roofs. One person died of a heart attack, and around 100 people were slightly injured.
The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.5 M L and a hypocentral depth of only 2.8 km (1.7 mi). Shaking was felt throughout California and Nevada, with some reports from as far as San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City. [7] [8] The estimated maximum intensity of shaking was rated as VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.