There have been at least 17 magnitude 4 aftershocks since the mainshock, and at least 1,200 aftershocks.
July 4th magnitude 6.4 earthquakeThat means the odds are decent that there could be another aftershock of magnitude 5 or greater at some point. Aalready occurred early Friday morning, strong enough to awaken some residents of Los Angeles about 125 miles away.
By midday, there have been at least 17 magnitude 4 aftershocks since the mainshock, and at least 1,200 aftershocks.Shallice, a 32-year-old mother of five, sat outside the county library with her kids, waiting to be able to volunteer to clean up the shelves.“We’re definitely jumpy,” said Shallice, who declined to give her last name.
Further study of the July 4th mainshock showed that the fault ruptured along a length of fault 10 miles long, from a remote point northeast of Ridgecrest, Calif., a city of 29,000 people, and continued southwest almost all the way to the city limits, Hauksson said.. “People ought to think about their earthquake preparedness,” he said.
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