Earthquake In California Just Now. The San Andreas fault, on the edge of the Pacific tectonic plate, runs directly through California, and the western US state has long braced for a devastating quake. The quake registered near Ridgecrest, California, near Death Valley National Park, on Friday night.
California earthquake: Here's what we know about injuries, damage and aftershocks. We list magnitude, date, epicentral localization, maps, wave forms. The creeping then didn't lead to a significant earthquake.
The central portion of California was rattled by an earthquake Wednesday that caused lights to sway in homes and people to be jolted awake, one day after a deadly quake in Mexico.
The quake registered near Ridgecrest, California, near Death Valley National Park, on Friday night.
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