A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck California on July 4th. It damaged homes, roads and power lines in the area.
A powerful magnitude 6.4 quake on Thursday struck Southern California.
The Kern County Fire Department said on Twitter it was working "nearly 2 dozens incidents ranging from medical assistance to structure fires in and around the city of Ridgecrest, CA." She said the city of Ridgecrest had asked residents to look after others, especially the elderly, which form a large part of the city's population.The USGS said the quake, initially reported as a magnitude 6.6, was very shallow — only 6.7 miles — which would have amplified its effect.
"I thought wow this is really weird. Am I going crazy?" Schlie said outside the historic TCL Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. "If you've never experienced it, you think am I out of my mind? Why am I feeling like this?" James Wilhorn, the manager of Howard's Mini Mart in Ridgecrest, said his gas station was the only one open in the area because of damage to other gas stations and the Indepence Day holiday, and there was a line of 20 cars waiting to fill their tanks.
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