5.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Close to Bakersfield – One America News Network

August 7, 2024 TruthUSA

TOPSHOT - Highway workers repair a hole that opened in the road as a result of the July 5, 2019 earthquake, in Ridgecrest, California, about 150 miles (241km) north of Los Angeles, early in the morning on July 6, 2019. Southern California was hit by its largest earthquake in two decades on July 5, a 7.1-magnitude tremor that rattled residents who were already reeling from another strong quake a day earlier. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) — Highway workers repair a hole that opened in the road (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

OAN Staff Blake Wolf
11:38 AM – Wednesday, August 7, 2024

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Bakersfield, California, on Tuesday evening, resulting in shockwaves being felt all the way to Los Angeles county.

The earthquake struck in the census-designated area of Lamont, in Kern County, which borders Bakersfield.

Security video captured the moment the 5.2 #earthquake caused several items to fall off a liquor store’s shelves in Bakersfield.

The CHP said two left lanes of the southbound I-5 Freeway south of Grapevine Road were closed because of a large boulder in the roadway.… pic.twitter.com/ScrRyIllMH

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) August 7, 2024

Residents in the Central Valley, Southern California, and Central Coast were amongst those that reported feeling the earthquake.

A potentially fatal boulder slid into lanes of the southbound I-5 just south of Grapevine Road. Three lanes were closed off until maintenance was able to remove the boulder. No injuries were reported.

*I-5 in the Grapevine*
Last night’s earthquake in the Bakersfield area caused a boulder to slide into lanes of southbound I-5 just south of Grapevine Road. The three right lanes were closed from approximately 11:15 PM to 12:15 AM as @CaltransDist7 Maintenance removed the boulder pic.twitter.com/8ZCjykoFqH

— Caltrans District 7 (@CaltransDist7) August 7, 2024

Caltech’s Seismological Laboratory claims that the earthquake was followed by at least 31 aftershock strikes, reaching up to magnitudes of 4.5.

Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) officials also announced that the fire department went into “earthquake mode,” which prompted all 106 neighborhood fire stations to conduct surveys of the area by land, air, and sea.