Kern County fire officials reported "multiple injuries and multiple fires" without providing details. San Bernardino County firefighters reported cracked buildings and a minor injury.
Here are other major quakes over magnitude 7.0 according to the California Department of Conservation:
7.9 - Jan. 9, 1857
Fort Tejon
2 killed, 220-mile surface scar
7.9 - April 18, 1906
San Francisco
3,000 killed, $524 million in property damage, including fire damage
7.8 - March 26, 1872
Owens Valley
27 killed, 3 aftershocks of 6.25+
7.5 - July 21, 1952
Kern County
12 killed, 3 aftershocks of 6+
7.3 - Jan. 31, 1922
West of Eureka
37 miles offshore
7.3 - Nov. 4, 1927
SW of Lompoc
No major injuries, slight damage
7.3 - June 28, 1992
Landers
1 killed, 400 injured, 6.5 aftershock
7.2 - Jan. 22, 1923
Mendocino
Damaged homes in several towns
7.2 - Nov. 8, 1980
West of Eureka
Injured 6, $1.75 million in damage
7.2 - April 25, 1992
Cape Mendocino
6.5 and 6.6 aftershocks
7.1 - Oct. 16, 1999
Ludlow (Hector Mine Quake)
Remote, so minimal damage
7.1 - May 18, 1940
El Centro
9 killed, $6 million in damage