Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,
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.
Next to a volcanic eruption ( California has volcanos too) earthquakes are the most destructive natural disaster because they tear up underground infrastructure. Few people are insured for earthquake damage and even if they are the deductibles are very high. Fortunately California has effectively deindustrialized so the rest of the country would not be affected should access to LA or SF be cut off for weeks or more though a shortage of fresh fruit and vegetables would be likely if highways 10,40 and 80 or rail links be lost. Hopefully SFO and LAX would be rendered useless so the Hollywood and Silicon Valley elites will be unable to escape and finally get a chance to meet their fellow Californians up close and personal as they struggle to survive.
Hopefully the good and decent people will have already left by then so that the Hollywood slime can finally be wiped off the face of the earth.
Natural disasters will continue due to the activity of the sun, which government-paid climate change analysts are not allowed to even consider, according to their guidance.
When half of California drops into the Pacific, I’ll say good riddance. Hope all the Liberal Lunatics are on board when it casts off.
Entropy’s a bitch.
….there is a definite possibility that this could potentially………
What BS! Reminds me of meteorologists trying to boost ratings for their stations, back in the days when I watched TV.
Besides that, isn’t a series of minor quakes just the thing that would prevent “the big one”?
We can always hope.
Since mankind crawled out of the slime of creation we have endured suffered and rebuilt after continuous natural disasters destroying everything we as a society built .
Should California slide shake rattle and roll into oblivion the balance of the American population will come to the aid of the survivors . So the only question is how will those survivors and the democrats and MSM blame Trump for the natural disaster and why help was not there before the disaster was over . It must be racism !
Damn that Global Warming! If we don’t stop eating meat right now California is going to fall into the ocean.
How big is your biggest hamburger? I’ll have two.
That’s the most hopeful news I’ve heard all week. I won’t get too excited; just another scientist shooting off his mouth and getting us all worked up over probabilities.
sometimes the tin foil hat crowd on here……oy.
NOTHING will “plunge into the sea.” Stop it.
and a major quake – overdue as it is, on that i agree – will affect EITHER no cal or so cal. Not both.
Pick up a basic geology book.
Our admin posts some excellent observers on here. But sometimes teh commentariat leaves something to be desired.