A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck California’s Central Valley on Monday, bringing shaking to Bakersfield.
The epicenter was positioned on farmland about 19 miles southwest of Bakersfield and about 16 miles northwest of the northern fringe of the Grapevine part of the 5 Freeway, the place the San Joaquin Valley ends on the base of the Tehachapi Mountains.
Weak shaking was felt in Bakersfield and should have been felt in Lebec and Frazier Park, alongside the border between Los Angeles and Kern counties, in accordance with the U.S. Geological Survey.
The earthquake occurred at 3:31 p.m.
The world has had damaging earthquakes up to now. A magnitude 7.5 quake with an epicenter about 12 miles southeast of Monday’s temblor struck in 1952.
That quake introduced very robust shaking to Bakersfield and resulted in 12 deaths and the collapse of some buildings, with the worst harm within the city of Tehachapi. Injury additionally was reported in Bakersfield and Arvin.
The 1952 earthquake may very well be felt throughout the state, splashing swimming swimming pools within the Los Angeles space, in addition to water in strain tanks on the tops of buildings in San Francisco. Not less than one constructing was broken in San Diego.
The estimated property harm from that point was $60 million — equal to about $690 million in as we speak’s {dollars}, the U.S. Geological Survey mentioned.
The previous couple of days have been energetic seismically in Southern California.
On Monday morning, a magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck beneath Los Angeles’ Eastside. The temblor, which hit at 5:07 a.m., was the third to happen beneath the Los Angeles neighborhood of El Sereno this month.
On Sunday at 5:26 p.m., a magnitude 2.5 earthquake occurred within the Yorba Linda space.
