Latest Southern California quake causes damage, injuries

Los Angeles • A quake with a magnitude as large as 7.1 jolted much of California, cracked buildings, set fires, broke roads and caused several injuries, authorities and residents said.The quake — preceded by Thursday’s 6.4-magnitude temblor in the Mojave Desert — was the largest Southern California temblor in at least 20 years and was followed by a series of large and small aftershocks.It hit at 8:19 p.m. and was centered 11 miles from Ridgecrest in the same areas where t