Already happened. 7.9 earthquake in Alaska.
“we are due for another event as a distraction... imho”
Not just your humble opinion. I’ve heard that brought up on some of the Fox shows. Conservative talking heads believe something will happen — natural or Rat-created — to take away interest in this. They express the urgency that we basically harass our DC Critters to release this memo out ASAP, un-redacted, before it drops through the cracks and it becomes only a dim memory a month (or less) from now.
I think, but don’t know, that’s part of the reason for the Schumer Shutdown, compliments of the most evil among them. A distraction (that didn’t work — so far).