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Last night's was stronger:
Friday night's 7.1-magnitude quake released 11 times more energy than Thursday's quake, which was a 6.4. That makes the second quake 11 times stronger than the first.According to the USGS, Friday's quake was 5 times bigger than Thursday's when it was measured on a seismogram.Bakersfield resident Giovanna Gomez was at home with her family when their house swayed last night."It was about a minute long," she said."Far larger than the one that yesterday.
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