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    A 2nd quake felt like a sign

    by Paloma Esquivel, Mark Puente and Giulia McDonnell Nieto Del Rio, Los Angeles Times Jul 07, 2019 5 minutes

    RIDGECREST, Calif. - After the earthquake hit Chuck Pryor's Ridgecrest ranch home Friday night, sending wine glasses crashing to the floor, the lifelong Californian said he wasn't going to budge.

    "I have been through earthquakes my entire life," said Pryor, 76. But he added that the 7.1 magnitude quake impressed him with its intensity: "It felt like Mother Nature had a bullwhip and cracked the whip at the end."

    For some who live in this small Mojave Desert town, where many work in mining or for the military, the second serious earthquake in two days felt like a sign.

    "We've been wanting to get out of here anyhow," said Matt Warren, a mine superintendent who has lived here with his wife for more than 20 years. "The time is right."

    During the shaking Friday night,

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