The most powerful in the earthquake swarm struck at 5:55am ET Friday and was measured at 4.3 in magnitude. Since then, over 30 smaller quakes have struck the same area along the lake's southern tip.
Three more notable earthquakes struck the same spot between 4:18am and 4:22am. Each quake was greater than 2.5 in magnitude, stronger enough for people to feel.
Two more earthquake swarms broke out Thursday night on the northern and western sides of the lake. As of Friday afternoon, there have been more than 10 earthquakes recorded in each location.
The powerful swarms broke out right along the boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates, a highly active seismic region.
The string of new quakes in this area could signal the approaching mega earthquake often called 'The Big One,' which many scientists and Californians believe is inevitable.
The earthquakes around the Salton Sea are also just a few dozen miles from several active fault lines running through California, including the infamous San Andreas fault
The last time Elsinore produced a major earthquake above 6.0 in magnitude was in 1910, but data from the USGS and Southern California Earthquake Center has warned that such events occur every 100 to 200 years.
'The Elsinore fault is one of the major risks in Southern California,' Jones said after a 5.2 magnitude quake struck San Diego on April 14.
In 2017, USGS ran a simulation of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake along the Elsinore fault, running northwest into the connecting Whittier fault line - which is closer to Los Angeles.
2 comments:
Crazy group of articles posted today Scott! There are no shortages of signs pointing us to the soon start of the 7-year tribulation making the rapture even closer! Maranatha!
The birth pains are ramping up for sure thats what impresses me the most and all moving together not to mention how fast things are moving
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