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| 5.5 magnitude quake rocks southern California at shallow depth – USGS | 5.5 magnitude quake rocks southern California at shallow depth – USGS |
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| A powerful 5.5 magnitude quake has struck southern California, some 189 km (117.5 mi) northeast of Los Angeles, with residents reporting tremors nearly 200 miles away. | A powerful 5.5 magnitude quake has struck southern California, some 189 km (117.5 mi) northeast of Los Angeles, with residents reporting tremors nearly 200 miles away. |
| The jolt was felt in Ridgecrest, a city some 120 miles (193 km) from San Bernardino on Wednesday night, around the Searles Valley, with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reporting a shallow depth of 6.9 kilometers. There have been no reports of damage or injuries as of yet. | The jolt was felt in Ridgecrest, a city some 120 miles (193 km) from San Bernardino on Wednesday night, around the Searles Valley, with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reporting a shallow depth of 6.9 kilometers. There have been no reports of damage or injuries as of yet. |
| Netizens said shaking could be felt as far away as Culver City, a suburb of Los Angeles located several hundred miles south of the quake’s epicenter. | |
| As the coronavirus pandemic continues to take lives in the US and a wave of intense demonstrations and unrest over police brutality sweeps countless cities, some commenters took to social media to slam the nature itself for being tone-deaf to earthlings' feelings. | |
| Ridgecrest has been near the epicenter of more than one major earthquake, including one in 1995 and a series of quakes in July 2019. According to one local seismologist, the jolt on Wednesday was an aftershock from last year's string of quakes, which reached a magnitude of 7.1 at its peak and has produced a number of smaller tremors since. | |
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