LA Times ^ | July 4, 2019 | Harriet Ryan, Rong-Gong Lin II, Julia Wick, Karen Kaplan and Mcdonnell
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California on Thursday, the largest temblor to hit the region in decades. The 10:33 a.m. quake was centered in the Searles Valley, a remote area of Kern County about 100 miles from Los Angeles.