Aftershocks continue near Ridgecrest, Trona holds meeting
The city of Trona held a meeting Wednesday in the aftermath of a series of historic quakes that hit the region over the last week.
A new cluster of temblors — aftershocks of Friday’s 7.1 earthquake — struck the Ridgecrest area Wednesday according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Fifteen quakes were recorded between 2:21 a.m. and 8:09 a.m. The weakest had a 3.0 magnitude while the strongest was 3.9. None of the quakes were very deep. The deepest was 4.9 miles while the shallowest was .6 of a mile. Some of them struck less than a minute apart.
At 10 a.m., the communities of Trona and Windy Acres held a town hall meeting at Trona High School, located at 83600 Trona Road. The meeting served as a forum for local residents as they work to recover from the steady heartbeat of seismic activity that has been rocking the region for the past week or so.
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Officials from various San Bernardino County agencies, including the Sheriff’s Department, Public Health Department, Public Works Department, and Fire Protection District were in attendance.
The Ridgecrest quakes — including Friday’s 7.1 — were thought to have caused no fatalities. But the Sheriff’s Office in Nye County, Nevada, says Thursday’s 6.4 foreshock is now believed to have claimed the life of a 56-year-old man in Pahrump, shifting a car that was jacked up as the victim worked under the vehicle.
