You'd think the barest breath of wind would be sufficient to knock this rock off the cliff, but it withstood a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in July 2021. The Antelope Valley rock was photographed in the 1990s by Jim Brune on the left, and the same rock photographed in 2022 by Daniel Trugman.

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Balanced rocks may inform earthquake hazard mapping

The region along the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada is known as the Walker Lane and is the site of frequent earthquakes

• By Staff Reports
• November 21, 2023