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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
848 PM PDT FRI JUL 5 2019
..PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
AT 819 PM PDT...AN EARTHQUAKE WAS FELT BY MANY PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN
NEVADA, SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA, AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN TRONA AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS ARE
ONGOING.
THE USGS REPORTED THAT THE EARTHQUAKE WAS A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE
7.1 ON THE RICHTER SCALE AND WAS CENTERED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF RIDGECREST CALIFORNIA OR ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARSTOW.
INFORMATION RELEASED IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY. UPDATES...
INCLUDING RICHTER SCALE MAGNITUDE...WILL BE PROVIDED AS MORE
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE
INFORMATION CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO.
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