BREAKING: A preliminary 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocks Southern California.
A new powerful earthquake shook Southern California late Friday, one day after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked the region on the Fourth of July.
The quake shook Dodger Stadium in the middle of Friday's baseball game. The NBA's Summer League, playing more than 230 miles away in Las Vegas, felt the shaking and called off games for the rest of the night.So this was a first... 5.4 aftershock. Whole crew got out safely. https://t.co/zKj2N9GJW0 Thursday's quake, which struck about 10:30 a.m. local time, had marked the strongest earthquake in Southern California since 1999, officials said.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom approved an emergency proclamation for Kern County, which encompasses Ridgecrest, a city that experienced the brunt of the damage.
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