Officials continue to monitor situation after Thursday’s 6.0 magnitude earthquake

KTXL – It was all hands on deck for members of the U.S Geological Survey, along with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

They were flooded with calls from all across the region following an earthquake on the California-Nevada border.

The USGS is giving the 6.0 magnitude quake a name; they’re calling it the Antelope Valley Earthquake because it occurred along the Antelope Valley Fault.

According to the USGS, it is a heavily studied area.