California Hit By 39 Earthquakes Within 24 Hours As Scientists Warn Of “Movement Along The San Andreas Fault”
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November, 2018
A
series of large earthquakes has rattled California over the last 24
hours, and scientists are telling us that the shaking was the result
of “movement
along the San Andreas Fault system”.
In recent months there has been an alarming amount of seismic
activity all along “the Ring of Fire”, and there have been times
when the number of global earthquakes has
been way above normal.
Could it be possible that all of this unusual seismic activity is
leading up to something? As you will see below, experts are
telling us that we are overdue for the “Big One” to hit
California. And when it does eventually strike, it could be far
worse than
most people would dare to imagine.
Most
of the 39
significant earthquakes that
have struck California within the last 24 hours have happened along
the San Andreas Fault. The following comes from
CBS News…
A swarm of earthquakes along the San Andreas Fault, the largest measuring a 4.1 magnitude, rumbled through the Hollister area and the Salinas Valley Friday morning. CBS San Francisco, citing officials, reports the quakes rattled nerves but caused no major damage.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 4.1 quake hit at 5:58 a.m. PDT 12 miles southwest of the small community of Tres Pinos. It was followed by quakes measuring 3.6, 3.2 and 3.0.
Officials
are saying that this shaking was caused by “movement
along the San Andreas Fault system”,
and the initial magnitude 4.1 quake was quickly followed by a series
of more
than 20 aftershocks…
After a magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 12 miles from Hollister at 5:58 a.m., more than 20 aftershocks rattled the area in the following hours. The smaller quakes registered as high as 3.6 magnitude and were felt as far away as Monterey and Santa Cruz.
When
you live in an area that sits along a major earthquake fault, it can
be easy to forget the potential danger if nothing happens for an
extended period of time.
But
the danger is always there, and for many California residents the
rattling that we witnessed on Friday was a clear reminder of that
fact.
Thankfully,
these earthquakes did not cause substantial damage, but local
residents were
definitely shaken up…
One in Hollister said: “Was asleep, felt like someone was shaking the bed.”
Another resident in Monterey Bay expressed concern that recent quakes could indicate a major earthquake – commonly known as the ‘Big One’ – could be on the way.
They wrote: “Been feeling a lot of tremors the last several months.
“The Hayward Fault is overdue and coming to thump. Any time now. It’s definitely coming relatively soon.”
Hopefully
this current shaking will fizzle out and things will go back to
normal.
But
experts tell us that California is definitely overdue for a major
earthquake and that “the Big One” will
happen at some point…
Experts say California is overdue for a huge earthquake with some warning a major magnitude 7.0 is likely within the next 30 years.
A 2008 report by USGS described the Hayward Fault, which runs to the east of San Francisco, as a “tectonic time bomb” which could threaten the city’s seven million residents.
And
when “the Big One” does strike, it could potentially be far worse
than most people have ever imagined.
In a
previous article,
I quoted from a news story about a recent study that concluded that a
major earthquake could potentially “plunge
large parts of California into the sea almost instantly”…
The Big One may be overdue to hit California, but scientists near LA have found a new risk for the area during a major earthquake.
They claim that if a major tremor hits the area, it could plunge large parts of California into the sea almost instantly.
The discovery was made after studying the Newport-Inglewood fault, which has long been believed to be one of Southern California’s danger zones.
When
I first read that, I was absolutely stunned.
But
according to Cal State Fullerton professor Matt Kirby, there is a
very strong possibility that
this could actually happen someday…
Cal State Fullerton professor Matt Kirby, who worked with the Leeper on the study, said the sinking would occur quickly and likely result in part of California being covered by the sea.
“It’s something that would happen relatively instantaneously,” Prof Kirby said. “Probably today if it happened, you would see seawater rushing in.”
The
fact that our planet is entering a time of unprecedented seismic
activity has been a major theme in my work for
a very long time,
and I am particularly concerned about the west coast. Just a
few weeks ago, there was some unusual shaking farther north along
the Cascadia Subduction Zone,
and I anticipate that the shaking of coastal areas will continue to
intensify until things finally break loose.
And
the truth is that we can see signs of impending change all around
us. Down in southern California, a “moving sinkhole” is now
traveling up to 60 feet a day, and it is “destroying
everything in its path”…
It is the beginning of the San Andreas fault, where experts fear ‘The Big One’ could begin.
But a small, bubbling pool of mud that stinks of rotting eggs near the Salton Sea is causing concern.
Dubbed ‘the slow one’, experts studying the phenomenon say it is similar to a ‘moving sinkhole’ – and is speeding up, destroying everything in its path.
Imperial County officials studying the muddy spring say it has has been increasing in speed through – first 60 feet over a few months, and then 60 feet in a single day.
Of
course this is not just a west coast phenomenon. We have been
witnessing unusual seismic activity all over the world, and it has
become very clear that our planet is becoming increasingly unstable.
Natural
disasters are going to continue to grow worse and worse, and that is
going to have extremely serious implications for all of us.
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