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Luckily, this was far from population centers - epicenter about 10 miles from Ridgecrest, a town of 30,000 people just south of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and just east of US 395, about 80 miles east of Bakersfield.

Informative USGS links include:

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38443183...

Select "View Neaby Seismicity" to see the 47+ recent quakes in this area.

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It was pretty close to Trona. Having driven through Trona, life sucks in Trona and today it sucked a lot worse.

Lots of shaking here in the greater LA foothills, but no damage (though this house does have earthquake insurance).

Ah Trona. Not much out there to be honest. Here's what the view from Trona Pinnacles looks like: https://photos.app.goo.gl/LrML8TsBbZoW79t1A

Could be Mars

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