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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] Additional earthquakes struck near Walker ...
The 1995 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence started on August 17, when a magnitude 5.4 quake, centered 18 kilometers (11 mi) north of the town of Ridgecrest, shook the area and spawned over 2,500 aftershocks over the course of the following five weeks.
Ridgecrest 7.1 M w Five people injured and 3,000 left without power. Gas leaks and fires broke out in Ridgecrest and Trona. [32] 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes [33] May 21, 2020: Monte Cristo Range: 6.5 M w US 95 suffered some damage. [34] 2020 Nevada earthquake [35]
Trona is a seismically active area, and was heavily affected by the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes. [6] [7] Trona is located in the Eastern California Shear Zone, a seismically active zone that accommodates up to 25% of the fault movement between the Pacific and North American plates. [8]
The mainshock of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes was again felt in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, and as far away as Ensenada, Mexico. Further structural damage and additional fires occurred in Ridgecrest, near the epicenter. Five people were injured. [220] - 5 7 [221] Indonesia offshore, Molucca Sea, 136 km west southwest of Ternate: 6.9 35.0 V - - -
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
These two earthquakes are considered a regional earthquake sequence, rather than a main shock and aftershock. [ 11 ] The magnitude 5.7 Little Skull Mountain (LSM) earthquake the following day, June 29, 1992, at 10:14 UTC near Yucca Mountain , Nevada, is also considered part of the regional sequence and may have been triggered by surface wave ...
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