Posted on 11/22/2017 7:35:08 PM PST by BenLurkin
FULL TITLE: Is California about to be hit by the 'Big One'? Fears of a massive earthquake rise after 134 mini-tremors rattle the San Andreas fault in just one week
Fresh fears have been raised that a huge earthquake is about to hit California after a swarm of recent tremors. In the last week 134 earthquakes have hammered a three-mile stretch around Monterey County on the San Andreas fault.
Of those earthquakes, 17 were stronger than 2.5 magnitude and six of them were stronger than 3.0, with more tremors expected in the coming weeks, experts warn.
It follows fears raised last week that the 'Big One' is about to hit after a series of ten 'mini quakes' struck the same area.
The swarm included one 4.6-magnitude quake that was felt in San Francisco more than 90 miles (145 km) away.
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Last week's swarm hit California's Monterey County on Monday at 11:31am ET (4:31pm GMT) about 13 miles (20 km) northeast of Gonzales, near Salinas.
It dramatically increases the likelihood of a major quake in California, at least temporarily, experts claimed.
The initial 4.6-magnitude quake was followed by nine smaller aftershocks.
The largest of these measured magnitude 2.8, Annemarie Baltay, a seismologist with the US Geological Survey in Menlo Park, told SFGATE.
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The quake happened at a depth of around 4 miles (6.5 km) on the infamous San Andreas Fault, close to a region where the Calaveras Fault branches off.
Experts have previously warned that any activity on the fault line is cause for concern.
'Any time there is significant seismic activity in the vicinity of the San Andreas fault, we seismologists get nervous,' Thomas Jordan, director of the Southern California Earthquake Centre, told the LA Times last year.
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I’m all in favor of California leaving the Union.
Yeah, but he follows it up with “If you buy that I’ll thrown the Golden Gate in free.” Won’t be much of a Golden Gate left with that ocean front property.
Let’s not forget that JimRob is a Californian...
Maybe if we all pray together?
Born in Silicon valley and have lived here my entire life.
Every few years I get the ‘big one’ dreams.
Was getting those in October.
Nothing ever has happened...so I think we are okay.
I think.
I think Warren Zevon sang it best:
If California slides into the ocean
Like the mystics and statistics say it will
I predict this motel will be standing
Until I pay my bill
They ran the same article (almost word for word) last week. I guess if the run it every week, they’ll eventually be right.
Well considering 70% of our state voted against him and Trumps approval rating here is about 15% I wouldn’t blame Trump if he denied our state federal relief funds if we do get hit
Some hold to a theory that swarms of earthquakes are not necessarily precursors to a big one, just opposite they “relieve a building up of pressure” deep in the earth.
Fresno would be east of the San Andreas I think.
Before that happens, the entire State will risk disease from the unhealthy lifestyle of the homeless and yes ILLEGAL ALIENS.
There are many conservatives in California.
ROFL! Where, in a phone booth?
“Let’s not forget that JimRob is a Californian...”
Lot’s of Conservatives in California, just not enough to make a difference.
If you’re going to San Fransicko
Be sure to wear a hardhat on your hair
In the streets of San Fransicko
Gentle people with concrete in their hair
There’s a strange vibration
All across the nation
mmmmm, people in motion.
Involuntary motion.
So, if you come to San Fransicko
Be sure to wear some latex on your hands
In the streets of San Fransicko
Summertime will be a freak-in there
‘ROFL! Where, in a phone booth?’
From north of SF to the Oregon border.
I really doubt that 70% crap for Hillary. when you remove the voter fraud and illegals, it probably was closer to 55%. Im a ex Californian, and I remember when the great one was governor.
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