7.1 earthquake in SoCal - the alternative views

First, a brief report from Margo (via Facebook)

1,429 of 1,684 earthquakes 

worldwide were at Searles 

Valley/Ridgecrest, CA

7/6/19 - The earthquakes are are NOT slowing down in the Searles Valley region of California. In the second 24 hours (since the beginning of the episode), USGS is showing 1,684 earthquakes worldwide. Of those, 1,429 were at Searles Valley/Ridgecrest, CA. A 7.1 M happened last night. Here's a screenshot as of 9:09 am Pacific time:

From Dutchsinse

I saw this amongst comments - 

Dutchsinse is predicting the distinct possibility of an above 8.0 earthquake in the very area stated in this article. His timeline is within 10 days, unless the stress on the tectonic plate is relieved by a transfer of force to the East of California along the North American Craton plate. So far, he's been spot on in his prediction of all the earthquake events over the last several weeks, which led up to what's taking place in California right now.

The *powers that be* have even tried several times to silence him, with the 

latest incident today, when someone called local law enforcement, in an 

attempt to have him SWATted at his home. Luckily, he has family which 

work the local PD and 911 exchange, so it didn't happen.

7/6/19 4am Earthquake Update Dutchsinse - Seismic Unrest

7/6/19 2am Earthquake Update Dutchsinse

Has the Garlock Fault been activated?

Finally I have come across information that is so sensitive that I am not going to even name my source for their protection.

So you can regard it as rumour although it seems genuine to me.

The information allegedly comes from the USGS which revealed this information to the Tulare County (California) Fire Department.

The basis of this is that the recent earthquakes have made the Garlock Fault active and the fear is that this could create an earthquake of great strength that would certainly destroy Los Angeles.

Unlike other faults this fault is a left-lateral strike-slip fault running northeast-southwest along the north margins of the Mojave Desert of Southern California.

It isn't (or wasn't) regarded as an active fault and has seldom produced any detectable shaking.

However, recent events, along with micro seismic activity do indicate that the Garlock fault could produce another major earthquake in the future.

This takes me back to Christchurch earthquakes in 2011. It was never suspected that Christchurch would be vulnerable to an earthquake of any size and yet it was - right under the city.

I am no expert in any of this, so am not really qualified to go anything more than relay the information of others.

For articles on the Garlock Fault GO HERE and HERE

P.S

Earthquake 'super-cycle' patterns on the Garlock fault

by Seismological Society of America

Phys.org,

22 April, 2015

A new look at slip rate data and geologic evidence for ancient earthquakes on the central Garlock fault suggest that seismic activity along the fault may be controlled in part by "super-cycle" changes in strain that occur on thousand-year timescales.

The findings are part of an increasing body of evidence that suggests there may be large-scale coordination of earthquakes in time and space, which can cause large earthquakes to cluster in time along a single fault system, for instance. The Garlock fault runs along the northern border of the Mojave Desert in southern California. Although the immediate region around the fault is not heavily populated, earthquakes along the fault could impact most of southern California.

James Dolan of University of Southern California and colleagues' new look at the Garlock fault found that a cluster of four earthquakes during the late Holocene, about 500 to 2000 years ago, occurred at a time when the average slip rate on the fault was twice as fast as the long-term average slip rate. 

Previous paleoseismic results show, however, that this cluster was preceded by a 3000-year lull of very small or no slip. This "on-off" behavior of the Garlock indicates that the fault may go through "super-cycles" of strain, where the strength of the fault waxes and wanes over thousands of years, the researchers say. Overall, the earthquake cycles in the area may be caused by this type of super-cycle influencing the strength of many different faults in the region, including the San Andreas, Garlock and the Eastern California Shear Zone faults.

Dolan will present his research on April 22 at the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America (SSA) in Pasadena, Calif.