California was hit with a 7.1 magnitude earthquake on Friday night.

#Earthquake M7.1 Southern California (USA) 4mins ago 6 Jul 03:19 UTC – report/info: https://t.co/4VWe5rpuV0 — Earthquake Monitor (@EQAlerts) July 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/hollywooDossier/status/1147348147166777344

The USGS website crashed for several minutes.

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The website now says the center of the quake was 17 kilometers (11 miles) north north-east of Ridgecrest, California.



The quake was “downgraded” to 6.9 magnitude.

Friday night Quake: downgraded to 6.9 in Southern California pic.twitter.com/4JuG8Hlogn — Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) July 6, 2019

UPDATE: Reassessed to 7.1, with multiple aftershocks in the 2,3,4 range with a few 5 magnitudes

Reporters on air react to quake:

Another Earthquake in Ridgecrest! 6.9 Magnitude- hope everyone is OK pic.twitter.com/sMOPP8YjxJ — Jeff Haring (@JeffHaring) July 6, 2019

Early reports from Ridgcrest:

Major damage is expected here in Ridgecrest, California after the earthquake. Huge fire at a mobile home park captured by WCK’s @cheftkilcoyne — Our team is safe and we will be working to support evacuees. pic.twitter.com/djSogOLyxA — World Central Kitchen (@WCKitchen) July 6, 2019

Highway 178 between Bakersfield and Lake Isabella is closed due to rocks in the roadway, a result of the 7.1 #Ridgecrest #Earthquake pic.twitter.com/AMl4Wbt9X5 — Rex Emerson (@Rex_Emerson) July 6, 2019

@RidgecrestPD is asking for help with earthquake relief! The residents of Trona need bottled water. They have set up a bottled water collection trailer at the Police Department.@ktla @FOXLA @23ABCNews #earthquakerespnse#ridgecrestearthquake pic.twitter.com/BSzanP6CnM — CHP- Mojave (@chpmojave) July 6, 2019

The quake was felt in Los Angeles: