Tag: Southern California
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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits Southern California
As Tropical Storm Hilary bears down on Southern California, a series of earthquakes complicated the picture even further, with a magnitude 5.1 quake just south of the Los Padres National Forest around 2:45 pm Sunday.
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7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Southern California barely 24hrs after 6.4 magnitude occurred
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 magnitude hit Southern California Friday evening, just one day after another massive quake (6.4 magnitude) hit the region on the Fourth of July. According to United States Geological Survey, the quake, occurred shortly after 8 p.m. local time, with the epicenter 11 miles away from Ridgecrest, California,…