Southern California was rocked by its largest earthquake in two decades on Thursday.
Seismologist Lucy Jones speaks at a media briefing. Southern California was rocked by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake Thursday morning, the US Geological Survey said, with authorities warning that the temblor, the largest in two decades, might not be the day's last.LOS ANGELES - Southern California was rocked by its largest earthquake in two decades on Thursday, a 6.
It was felt 260 kilometres away in Los Angeles and even as far afield as Las Vegas in the neighbouring state of Nevada, as the United States celebrated its July 4 Independence Day holiday. "All seems to be very much under control!" he tweeted two hours after the quake in the Searles Valley of San Bernardino County.
The earthquake was the largest in Southern California since 1999 when a 7.1-magnitude quake struck the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base, according to The Los Angeles Times.
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