As a 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Friday night, residents took to social media to share videos of swimming pools spilling over and news anchors taking cover under their desk during a live television broadcast.
Though the quake hit near Ridgecrest in the Mojave Desert, about 125 miles northeast of Los Angeles, people reported feeling shaking as far away as Phoenix, Las Vegas, Baja California and Reno.
Here’s a sampling of the scenes they captured.
From my mom @mom2five1 in Ridgecrest California @ABC7 pic.twitter.com/iZSxoJsSXU
— JD (@jedent) July 6, 2019
#Earthquakes & make-up tutorials do not mix!🙂💋#LosAngeles pic.twitter.com/EoPcZbabHp
— Stephen Stanton (@Stephen_Stanton) July 6, 2019
Live earthquake in Los Angeles. 😲 pic.twitter.com/KoPnmadReL
— Jose Chavez (@thechavezjose) July 6, 2019
My friend sent me this video of a friend’s pool during the earthquake in LA. They sound surprised, but not panicked. Hell naw, I would’ve been running somewhere! pic.twitter.com/sOhJk9Ap24
— M.P. Capellán (@MissMarciaC) July 6, 2019
if any of my non cali mutuals are wondering the extent of the earthquake: pic.twitter.com/HEg85rbOvU
— lauren (@eightieshs) July 6, 2019
Omg yes! In Bakersfield #earthquake pic.twitter.com/I8KUudRZVR
— Giovanna Gomez (@gmlggg) July 6, 2019
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