A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the area on July 4, 2019 near Ridgecrest, California. The earthquake was the highest to strike Southern California in about 20 years with the epicenter located in a far flung area of the Mojave Desert. The tremor was sensed by residents across much of Southern California. Rescuers answered to different medical events and structure fires. The range of injuries and destruction from the quake were not precisely clear. The earthquake was sensed from Las Vegas, Nevada, to the Pacific Coast of California. The Kern County Fire Department said it first worked approximately in different incidents in Ridgecrest, spanning from medical assistance calls to structure fires. Kern County Fire Chief stated that there were several injuries and two house fires in the town. There were and limited vegetation fires, broken roads, and gas leaks. The Ridgecrest Regional Hospital was also being cleaned. There was warning from scientists that aftershocks will continue after the quake. There was a greater than 50 percent likelihood of having magnitude 5 aftershocks, and even a likelihood that the largest quake has not yet happened. There are approximately 1 in 20 chances that this location will be having an even bigger earthquake in the next few days. It is the biggest quake to hit Southern California since 1999. President Donald Trump frankly stated that all seems to be very much under control. Crews in Southern California were evaluating the harm Saturday after the region was shaken by another powerful earthquake late Friday evening. The magnitude 7.1 quake caused injuries, triggered fires and closed roadways but no deaths were evidenced. The latest earthquake happened exactly after 8 p.m. local time and was focused in the Mojave Desert near the town of Ridgecrest, which is still recovering from a 6.4 quake on the Fourth of July. There were reports that restaurant lights were dangling, items knocking from store shelves and vehicles shaking furiously more than about 100 miles from the heart of the quake.
Friday night’s quake is Southern California’s most strong one since a 7.1 quake hit near a U.S. Marine Corps base in the Mojave Desert in 1999. The last earthquake to result major devastation in the region was in 1994 when a 6.7 magnitude quake in thickly populated Northridge killed about 57 people and resulted billions of dollars in destruction. Scientists anticipate more trembling in region. Scientists think the line of earthquakes striking the Mojave Desert will produce additional 30,000 quakes of magnitude 1 or greater over six months. The epicenter of Friday night’s 7.1 magnitude earthquake was 11 miles from Ridgecrest in the same area where a 6.4 magnitude tremor struck just a day earlier. Ridgecrest is acknowledged as the earthquake capital of the universe as it had so many minor quakes. Small town were hit hard by earthquake. Fire authorities claimed as many as 50 structures in the small town of Trona were destroyed by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake Friday night in Southern California. Further County Supervisor stated Saturday destroyed water lines. It urged authorities to deliver a tractor-trailer full of bottled water to the town. The firefighters were checking several reports of gas leaks. The town was for a short period chop of after the earthquake, when authorities shut down a highway connecting Trona to Ridgecrest owing to rockslides and gaps in the roadway.
The California National Guard dispatched 200 troops, transport support and aircraft. The Pentagon had been informed, and the whole California Military Department was alerted. No deaths were reported from quake. A fire official says there were no death serious injuries in Ridgecrest after the earthquake on Friday night. Kern County Fire Chief said Saturday there were no major building collapses but some structures were weakened.NBA Summer League game in Las Vegas between William son’s Pelicans and the Knicks was discontinued. In Los Angeles, the earthquake was shaken up. Dodger Stadium in the fourth inning of the team’s game against the Padres was not discontinued. Amusement parks were closed. The quake affected amusement parks across two states. Six Flags Magic Mountain in Santa Clarita and Disneyland in Orange County closed their rides while the Big Apple Coaster moved at the New York-New York hotel in Las Vegas. Many aftershocks have been reported subsequent Friday evening’s 7.1-magnitude earthquake that knocked near Ridgecrest; only one day after a 6.4 magnitude quake rocked the area. There is anticipation those as many as 410 quakes of magnitude 3 or higher. Governor Gavin Newsom issued an emergency proclamation in response to the destruction reported in Ridgecrest. For the sake of all Californians, he offered his sincere safeguard to those affected by tonight’s earthquake near Ridgecrest. The State of California will continue to offer help to aid residents in the region. He also motivated the State Operations Center in Mather, California to its maximum extent and is already working in unison with state, federal and local emergency managers. Authorities are going street to street evaluating the damage in Kern County. Local fire officials are worried about the structural integrity of a church in Tronc. Houses throughout the town were spread with books, fallen televisions and broken glass, but most concerning is the structural damage and fractured that can be seen in foundations. There’s a better chance the region could get more 5 magnitude aftershocks. There is a 1 in 20 chance the region could get a bigger earthquake. There have been more than a thousand aftershocks since a 6.4 magnitude quake destroyed the same region on Independence Day.