VIDEO: 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake In California Nearly Destroys Flea Market

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit California on Thursday, July 8, and nearly collapsed the building at a Mono County flea market.

“It felt like it lifted the building up and slammed it back down,” Victoria Victor, owner of the Walker Flea and Farmers Market told CBS13.

Mono County reportedly sits on top of the Antelope Valley fault line. When that fault line ruptured on Thursday afternoon, the flea market experienced multiple quakes.

“At least 8 or 9 aftershocks,” Victor said. “I was in my truck, my passenger door literally popped open.”

Artists from around the world sell their pieces at the flea market and the shocks shattered art from California, Mexico, India, and beyond.

“It’s just a lot to try and call and tell them their stuff is messed up,” said Victor. “With COVID, everybody needs their paychecks and they really depend on it a lot. It just hurts my feelings that other people’s stuff gets broken.”

On Thursday evening the USGS announced that the 6.0-magnitude earthquake was very uncommon for the area and there was a small chance that it was a foreshock of a larger quake, reports CBS13.

With 40 aftershocks recorded as of Thursday, USUGS said it was the largest quake in the region since 1994.