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Second violent earthquake of 7.1 declares a state of emergency in Southern California
California experienced a very worrying and tense moment again when a new 7.1 earthquake occurred on Friday night. This city had experienced a similar event the day before, which raised alerts at the national level.
This new earthquake occurred 17 kilometers northeast of Ridgecrest and had a much stronger intensity than the 6.4 earthquake experienced last Thursday.
All this event caused gas leaks to occur in the Rigecrest community, which has caused fires. At the moment, only injuries have been reported in the face of all this serious event that California is experiencing.
Network users have uploaded videos of the moment in which the 7.1 earthquake that affected the citizens of California was evidenced. The one that generated the most impact was one where a baseball game was taking place, and it was possible to show the concern of the public at the moment of experiencing said event.
Authorities have already declared a state of emergency in Ridgecrest and San Bernardino County. In this way, possible future replicas are expected.
6.4 earthquake occurred Thursday in California
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.4 shook California last Thursday, leaving all its citizens terrified. Aftershocks began to become evident, although it was not until last Friday that the authorities became alarmed to the point of declaring a state of emergency.
This would have been the strongest earthquake until the last earthquake of 7.1 that was experienced this Thursday. The other eventuality of this type of greater power happened in 1999, when an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 was also evidenced.
Lucy Jones, who is a seismologist at the California Institute of Technology Seismology Laboratory, points out that these anomalies usually occur approximately every 10 years in California, so they cannot be considered an extraordinary event.
