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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake near Ridgecrest was an aftershock of 2019 earthquake

By Jesus Reyes

Published June 4, 2020 3:44 PM

On Thursday, a Magnitude 5.5 earthquake was centered just east of Ridgecrest at 6:32 p.m.

The earthquake had a depth of a little over 4 miles and was felt all across Southern California including many parts of the Coachella Valley.

There were no reports of injuries or damage to structures.

Watch as M5.5 earthquake strikes during the Ridgecrest City Council meeting

Chief Meteorologist Haley Clawson discusses the earthquake shortly after it struck

Seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones revealed that this earthquake was actually "a large late aftershock" of the Magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck the area on July 5, 2019.

Last year's earthquake caused damage to buildings and homes.

The number of aftershocks goes down with time, but not the magnitudes! The ratio of large to small quakes is constant. The big ones just become much less frequent. Large, late aftershocks show up in most sequences. The last M5 aftershock to 1994 Northridge was in 1997
— Dr. Lucy Jones (@DrLucyJones) July 7, 2019

Dr. Jones discussed later aftershocks like this last year

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