The aftershocks from the July 4th magnitude 6.4 earthquake will probably “go on for months, if not years,” Caltech seismologist Egill Hauksson said.
Andy Randolph and his son William stop for photos of a crack in California State Route 178 hours after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Searles Valley area. will probably “go on for months, if not years,” Caltech seismologist Egill Hauksson said.
Aftershock sequences can last years, something that Los Angeles dealt with in the aftermath of the 1994 magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake. Noises and small movements all day have the children anxious, she said. Earlier, they heard a car exhaust backfire and screamed.“If you watch kids, everybody just watches,” she said. “It’s natural instinct. Your mind just goes into instant mode of what do I need to do in a split second, and you have all these going on.”
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, California Geological Survey and elsewhere were already fanning over the area, documenting how the ground was literally broken by the earthquake, including with preliminary reconnaissance by helicopter.
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