A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck outside of Ridgecrest in the Mojave Desert Thursday evening, July 14, nearby where a series of large temblors shook the region in 2019, according to the U.S.

RIDGECREST, Calif. -- Gov. Gavin Newsom says President Donald Trump has called him and expressed commitment to helping California recover from two earthquakes that hit the state in as many days.

On the morning of July 4, 2019, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Searles Valley in California’s Mojave Desert, with impacts felt across Southern California. About 34 hours later on July 5, the ...

An earthquake shook the Ridgecrest area Thursday evening. The magnitude-4.6 quake struck at 6:19 p.m., a little over 8 miles northeast of Ridgecrest according to the U.S. Geological Survey. According ...

SEARLES VALEY, Calif. (KERO) — The City of Ridgecrest is no stranger to earthquakes. This desert community located 100 miles east of Bakersfield was known for being a quiet urban oasis, focused ...

RIDGECREST, Calif. (KABC) -- A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Ridgecrest area in Kern County Thursday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. USGS said the quake hit around 6:20 p.m. in ...

A USGS geologist surveys displaced rocks near the southern end of the surface rupture of the 5 July 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake. Photo credit: Sue Hough, USGS. Public domain. In July 2019, a ...

Faults in the Ridgecrest, California area were very sensitive to solid earth tidal stresses in the year and a half before the July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence. Faults in the Ridgecrest, ...