California is experiencing shocks after an earthquake hit on Friday with a magnitude of 5.1; the largest after shock had been in the range of 4.1 magnitude.
Some residents were placed elsewhere after firefighters discovered that their homes we unsafe to enter with structural code, and leaning chimneys. Luckily, no one was injured.
Chi-Chung Keung, a spokesman for the city of Fullerton, said that, “residents were inconvenienced, and valuables were lost, but “thankfully the damage wasn't greater,” according to SF Gate.
The earth quake was felt all the way from Palm Springs to San Diego. Doug Given, a USGS geophysicist said that while this earth quake, which was felt by many people was unusual that “these quakes occur in populated areas and people try to put two and two together and predict that something more is coming, but that's simply not the case,” according to Reuters.
Some streets were shut down due to water main breaks, and all trains were put on hold until the tracks and cars could be inspected.