A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Southern California on Friday, triggering fires...
LOS ANGELES - A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Southern California on Friday, triggering fires, buckling part of a highway, damaging buildings but causing few reported injuries despite striking with eight times more force than the initial quake in the same area a day earlier.
It was followed by at least 16 aftershocks of magnitude 4 or above, the USGS said, which also warned of a 50 percent or better chance of another magnitude 6 quake in the days ahead. “Getting resources into the area continues to be a challenge,” OES chief Mark Ghilarducci told a news briefing, noting the quake hit as darkness fell. “We know as day breaks we’ll get a better assessment of the damage.”
Luke Smith, owner of Furys Sports Bar in Ridgecrest, said in a phone interview that Friday’s quake shook tiles from the interior ceiling, slightly damaging his bar and knocking down some bottles. Three customers were in the bar at the time but no one was injured, he said.A swarm of aftershocks have jolted the high desert region of Southern California since a 6.4 quake on Thursday morning near Ridgecrest. Jones said that quake turned out to be a foreshock to Friday’s 7.1 tremor.
Initial damage reports were much lighter from Friday’s quake, which unleashed greater force than the Northridge event but was much less consequential because it was centered in a remote, sparsely populated area of the high desert. The quake rumbled the ground across the greater Los Angeles area, with shaking there that lasted about 40 seconds.
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