Mother Nature Starts the Fireworks Early

Mother Nature seems intent on celebrating the 4th with us, with 3 nice shakers.

1. A strong earthquake occurred at 10:33:48 AM (PDT) on Thursday, July 4, 2019.
   The magnitude 6.4 event occurred 12 km (7 miles) SW of Searles Valley, CA.
   The hypocentral depth is 9 km ( 5 miles).
2. A light earthquake occurred at 10:35:01 AM (PDT) on Thursday, July 4, 2019.
   The magnitude 4.7 event occurred 10 km (6 miles) E (79 degrees) of Ridgecrest, CA.
   The hypocentral depth is 4 km ( 3 miles).  
3. A strong earthquake occurred at 10:33:48 AM (PDT) on Thursday, July 4, 2019.
   The magnitude 6.4 event occurred 12 km (7 miles) SW of Searles Valley, CA.
   The hypocentral depth is 9 km ( 5 miles).  

I was just sitting here enjoying my latest read, Brad Thor's Backlash and the house rocked for about 10 seconds. Not a violent rock but like a few little rolls on a lake if a boat had gone by a couple of hundred yards away.

Searles Valey is not quite halfway between Bakersfield and Las Vegas, cheating to the Bakersfield side. This is about a 4-hour drive from La Quinta, or maybe 8 hours.  You can never tell on a southern California holiday.

Ridgecrest is almost a 4-hour drive from La Quinta and about a 30-minute drive from Ridgecrest to the Searles Valley.

Now back to my Scot Harvath book.  It's probably one of the best in the 19 books so far.  I'll know for sure in a couple of hours when I've finished reading it.