'A rip through the desert': photos show how California earthquakes reshaped the land

The tremors earlier this month caused water main breaks and knocked out power in the town of Ridgecrest

The biggest earthquakes to hit California in two decades literally broke the desert floor. Newly released satellite images from before and after the major quakes show how the tremors jerked apart slabs of land, permanently altering the landscape.

The magnitude 6.4 and 7.1 earthquakes that rattled southern California earlier this month caused water main breaks and knocked out power in the town of Ridgecrest, about 125 miles north-east of Los Angeles.

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