5.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN KERN COUNTY RATTLES SOCAL
NEWS Desk Global
Various parts of Southern California were rattled Tuesday evening as a 5.2 magnitude earthquake shook 25 miles from Bakersfield. There was a temblor at 9:09 p.m. in Lamont at a depth of 6 miles.
USGS announced 28 aftershocks ranging from 2.5-magnitude to 4.5-magnitude. According to the agency, Tuesday's evening was considered shallow since it was at a depth of just 11.7 kilometers. USGS classifies the depth of earthquakes in three zones: shallow, intermediate and deep. Since this temblor was between 0 to 70 kilometers deep, it fell in the shallow zone.
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