A 7.1 magnitude earthquake has rattled a desert area of Southern California, US meteorologists say, in the biggest tremor to strike in two decades.
It struck at the shallow depth of 0.9km (0.6 miles) and its epicentre was near Ridgecrest, about 240km north-east of Los Angeles.
A 6.4 magnitude quake struck the same region on Thursday.
There were reports of power outages after the new quake. Thursday’s event wrecked some homes in the region.
Source —> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48891511
Side note
At the height of the cold war there were rumors that the soviets were developing ‘Tectonic Weapons’. The purpose for these weapons was to destroy underground nuclear bunkers, infrastructure, and cripple economies. Anyway, the mighty Russia collapsed and US poached the scientists involved. Could be the military is testing these weapons somewhere in Nevada.
Disclaimer: There isn’t much info regarding these weapons on the ‘web’ and could be mere propaganda.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjA2TNRe1eQ
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