In 1999 there was an earthquake on December 11, and the epicenter was in Joshua Tree, CA. During the time, my family and I were living in Laguna Niguel, CA. That is 126.58 miles from Joshua Tree. The Earthquake happened in the middle of the night and was a 7.3 in Joshua Tree, but was a 5.6 in Laguna. This earthquake dropped 1.7 on the richter scale, which is a lot, but the earthquake was still huge. This shows that earthquakes can travel extremely far, and still cause damage (our house had interior damage, but no structural damage).
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