The Big(ger) One Hits California
St. Simon's Island, GA - Sat, 6 Jul 2019, 9:30am
I awoke this morning to news that a significant earthquake struck California. No, not the 6.9 earthquake that struck on Thursday- even though that's significant enough that it's still in the news- but an even bigger, magnitude 7.1 quake Friday evening at 8:21pm local time.
Example news articles:
Ridgecrest is a small town, pop. c. 29,000, in the desert near Death Valley. There isn't much around there- which is a good thing in this case because it means the number of people's homes damaged by the quake was small. For perspective, this quake is the biggest in California in 20+ years. It is bigger than the 1994 Northridge Earthquake (wikipedia link), a 6.7 quake, which struck near Los Angeles and killed 57 people and caused tens of billions of dollars of damage.
I awoke this morning to news that a significant earthquake struck California. No, not the 6.9 earthquake that struck on Thursday- even though that's significant enough that it's still in the news- but an even bigger, magnitude 7.1 quake Friday evening at 8:21pm local time.
Example news articles:
- Another, stronger quake in Ridgecrest shakes Southern California, causing more damage [LA Times, 06 July 2019]
- A second earthquake hit Southern California in as many days. It's five times bigger than Thursday's [CNN, updated 06 July 2019]
Ridgecrest is a small town, pop. c. 29,000, in the desert near Death Valley. There isn't much around there- which is a good thing in this case because it means the number of people's homes damaged by the quake was small. For perspective, this quake is the biggest in California in 20+ years. It is bigger than the 1994 Northridge Earthquake (wikipedia link), a 6.7 quake, which struck near Los Angeles and killed 57 people and caused tens of billions of dollars of damage.