Sudden increase in earthquakes in California?
Feb 24, 2010
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Earthquake Questions
I know that there a lot of earthquakes that cannot be felt because they are too small, but has there been a sudden increase in earthquakes in California? I was in Glendale on Friday, and I felt the earthquake, some slight shaking, nothing too big, but every time I turn on the news it’s "earthquake after earthquake after earthquake". Within the past two weeks when I watch the news, there has always been some sort of earthquake being reported in California or within close proximity of California. What does this mean? Is this normal?
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9 comments
A.Ganapathy India on February 24, 2010 at 3:57 pm
You are Lucky. Scientists were expecting a major earthquake at California. But several factors known and unknown decides it .Now it starts releasing the accumulated energy slowly.Therefore the bigger one in near future in that area is ruled out.
Sophia M on February 24, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Uh, it’s normal I guess. We DO have a huge faultline straight through the center of the state. I mean, we can’t really do anything about it.
Hopefully we won’t have another disaster like the one that hit San Fran. A century ago.
Otherwise, we’ll just go chill with Hawaii. Alaska can come too
pattya22 on February 24, 2010 at 3:57 pm
I live in Oregon and we had one a bit ago as well
KStar on February 24, 2010 at 3:57 pm
It means the faults are active, and we will continue to have earthquakes for awhile… Possibly a big one…
z24djp on February 24, 2010 at 3:57 pm
not realy, but earth quakes are common. it is the shacking in the ground and it just triggers continous ones. earthquakes will "in theroy" never stop.
Tommy Boy on February 24, 2010 at 3:57 pm
I don’t know what it means, but that it very interesting. I live in the Southeast, and we haven’t heard of all the earthquakes ya’ll have been having.
Silly-Me on February 24, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Yup! California shakes all the time! I was in the BIG ONE…
the Northridge Earthquake and I suffered a great loss to personal property. I was so scared to be inside the house, that I camped out for about 1 week at a park. The shaking will not stop and as a matter of fact, I think the REALLY BIG ONE is over-due. Get prepared.
Not Rep or Dem!! on February 24, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Not sure, I live along the Hayward Fault up near SF where it’s the most active zone in the US. I’m sweating bullets here next to Hayward, CA.
Johnny on February 24, 2010 at 3:57 pm
In short, yes, but seismic activity is sporadic
and hardly predictable. I was rudely awakened by the San Fernando quake of Feb 09, 1971. The actual epicenter was 15 miles north, in
a sparsely populated area called "Canyon Country",
but the strongest shaking was in the San Fernando/Sylmar area.
I remember it well. A friend on mine had just crossed the
CA ST HWY 14 ~ I-5 interchange, on the way to work, when the overpass collapsed. A minute or two earlier , if he was on that bridge,
he may have been killed. He described the experience as
seeming like he suddenly had "four flats". Then he pulled
to the shoulder, and realized it was an earthquake.
What you felt was probably the Ludlow quake, weighing in at M 5.1, with a MMI of IV (see reference link below)
[edited (for typographical errors) at 16:24 on Dec 07, 2008]