S. CA.: A 'swarm' of earthquakes rocks Southern California

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A 'swarm' of earthquakes rocks Southern California

A 'swarm' of hundreds of small earthquakes rocks Southern California

Forty-five quakes of magnitude 3.0 have struck Southern California on Wednesday, the largest of which was a magnitude 4.9.

www.wxyz.com

 

[Ravenkeeper]

There were? Didn't feel a single one.

 

[cmdrwill]

Where? Way south out past Salton Sea.

 

[Ravenkeeper]

Where? Way south out past Salton Sea.

Usually, we feel the 4.0+ quakes from down there, all the way up here.

 

[prcguy]

Get your paddles out, were gonna break off and float away!

 

[Alain]

Those of us in Northern San Diego County know all too well about the phenomenon of these cluster 'quakes. Both faults are right in this county's back yard!

The Cahuilla swarm occurred between the San Jacinto and Elsinore faults, which began back in 2016...this could be the extension of the same phenomenon. So today in 2020, what with COVID19, racial inharmony, rampant wildfire and political intrigue, this could shake us to our senses, should it become more than just a repetitive event with no substantial damage anywhere.

Or perhaps it's something else... ;->

 

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[Markb]

Get your paddles out, were gonna break off and float away!

Don't tease me like that!

 

[techman210]

The Salton Sea was created by a man-made accident.

Nature is reversing the course, by attempting to drain the lake and return the land to its natural condition by creating fissures or one big sinkhole.

 

[sadatoni]

Swarm still occurring. I read where this could go on for a couple of weeks. Below is a display of those over 2.5 in magnitude. The red one is the latest:

2.7
3km E of Westmorland, CA
2020-10-02 08:13:43 (UTC-04:00)1.9 km

Latest Earthquakes

earthquake.usgs.gov

 

[gmclam]

Better to have a lot of little quakes than one BIG one.

 

[prcguy]

That reminds me not to move to the Salton Sea area. For many reasons.

 

[Ravenkeeper]

Swarm still occurring. I read where this could go on for a couple of weeks. Below is a display of those over 2.5 in magnitude. The red one is the latest:

2.7
3km E of Westmorland, CA
2020-10-02 08:13:43 (UTC-04:00)1.9 km

Latest Earthquakes

earthquake.usgs.gov

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There's a (famous) MAJOR fault line right where that swarm is at.