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California earthquake today has not only caused much concern among locals in Southern California, but has also sending pundits and analystsor, rather, doomsday sayersthat it might be the harbinger of what is called the Big Onean earthquake so devastating it could liquefy the state in a matter of minutes.
California earthquake struck in the wee hours of Friday, at 1.05 a.m., with no immediate report on casualties or damage assessment. Even at the time of this writing, much of what the world know about the San Diego earthquakecome mostly from social mediafrom twitter and instagram posts of frightened and concerned residents. And while according to seismologists, this particular earthquake today was produced at the San Jacinto fault, and that quakes triggered in that fault do not necessarily trigger quakes in the adjacent San Andreas fault, concerned citizens and pundits point out that this could be the herald of what they call the Big One. After all, says one reporter, it has been more than 150 years since the last quake from San Andreas fault occurred, and California is much ripe for another oneand this time, it could bring the entire state back to the Stone Age.
The San Jacinto and San Andreas faults run nearly parallel through the Coachella Valley, and despite historical data that indicate one faultnever triggering a quake in the other, there is much ongoing concernespecially with the US Geological Surveys announcement that the quake and aftershocks were about 6 miles deep, and that there is indeed a possibility of aftershocks much stronger than the main one to occur in the next few hours or days.
According to seismologist Lucy Jones, Every earthquake has a 5 percent (chance) of triggering an aftershock that is bigger than itself always within a few miles of location of the first earthquake.
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Source: http://www.healthaim.com/california-earthquake-will-another-quake-strike-soon/58498
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