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2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence Field Response Photos, Ridgecrest, California, USA

November 4, 2026

A collection of photos documenting the surface rupture after the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Photos were taken by various collaborators on ground and by helicopter during the immediate field response and over the following several months. This data release is comprised of multiple formats for accessibility. Please read the

READ_ME.md

file first for data details and instructions for downloading.

This data release includes: 1) a point feature class in shapefile (.shp) format of photo locations with exif information, 2) eleven zipped archives containing the photos in .jpg and .tif format, 3) a comma-delimited (.csv) spreadsheet and tab-delimited (.txt) file containing photo exif information, and 4) a keyhole markup zip (.kmz) of the photo locations with exif information. The photo locations in .shp and .kmz format only represent photos that had coordinate information. Some images did not have coordinate information and were not included in the .shp or .kmz files. The complete compilation of photos, with and without coordinates, are stored in the zipped archives and are recorded in the .csv and .txt files. The data in the .csv and .txt files are the same but were both included to maintain data formatting and accessibility.

Publication Year 2026
Title 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence Field Response Photos, Ridgecrest, California, USA
DOI 10.5066/P14UUXTQ
Authors Morena N Hammer, Daniel J Ponti, Stephen B DeLong
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Earthquake Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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