A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in Kern County Tuesday night, with significant shaking felt throughout Southern California.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck in Kern County Tuesday night, with significant shaking felt throughout Southern California.
The quake struck at 9:09 p.m. southwest of Lamont, in a remote area of Central California near the Kern Lake Bed and Maricopa Flat at a depth of 7 miles. It was followed by at least two dozen aftershocks - many of them measuring 3.0 or higher in the Lamont and Grapevine areas, according to USGS data.MORE:
Our sister station KABC in Los Angeles says first responders were conducting assessments of damage and their initial reports did not turn up any major issues with critical infrastructure.The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services said state and local first responders are monitoring the impacts from the quake.
The USGS estimate of the magnitude was adjusted several times within the first hour after the quake struck, with the initial estimate at 5.7 later downgraded to 5.3 and then 5.2.Copyright © 2024 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.
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