Pipes are damaged from an earthquake, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Trona, Calif. A strong earthquake rattled a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday, rattling nerves on the July 4th holiday and causing some damage in a town near the epicenter, followed by a swarm of aftershocks. (AP Photo/Matt Hartman)

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The long Independence Day holiday weekend has been surprisingly tense, thanks in part to a series of earthquakes centered roughly in between Los Angeles and Las Vegas that have millions in the southwest corner of the country on edge.

Over 500 tremors have been recorded in the Mojave Desert by the U.S. Geological Survey over the past few days, including a rolling 7.1 magnitude quake that reportedly shook southern California and Nevada for up to forty seconds, delaying an NBA summer league game and creating countless viral videos…