A Swarm Of More Than 80 Earthquakes Just Hit Southern California As The Entire Pacific Ring Of Fire Becomes Much More Active

A Swarm Of More Than 80 Earthquakes Just Hit Southern California As The Entire Pacific Ring Of Fire Becomes Much More Active

Michael Snyder

For those of us that live in the United States, the seemingly endless shaking that we have been witnessing in California this year has been quite alarming. Within the past 7 days alone, there have been 836 earthquakes in California and Nevada. Southern California has been particularly active in recent days. From Friday night to Saturday morning, a swarm of “more than 80 quakes” shook the region…

Dozens of small earthquakes have struck across Southern California within the past 24 hours, including more than 80 quakes occurring in Los Angeles County, local officials say.

The region was hit by six earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater during this time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The strongest of these quakes was a 3.4-magnitude recorded off the coast of Catalina Island early Saturday morning.

The quakes started Friday with a 2.5-magnitude earthquake, which struck 3.7 miles southwest of Ojai in Ventura County at 10:46 p.m. Hours later, a 2.7-magnitude earthquake shook the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westmont, east of LAX, at 12:34 a.m. Saturday.

At 4:03 a.m., a 2.6-magnitude earthquake struck roughly 17 miles southeast of Avalon. A 3.0 hit the same area at 4:11 a.m. The two quakes were followed by the larger 3.4-magnitude quake that struck near Catalina Island at 4:13 a.m.

Northern California has been getting hit by a lot of quakes too.

Very early on Saturday, a magnitude 3.4 earthquake rattled the East Bay area…

A 3.4 magnitude earthquake shook the East Bay early Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Just before 12:30 a.m., an earthquake recorded at about 11 miles deep stuck about 5.5 miles northeast of Brentwood.

People between Stockton, Pittsburg and Pleasanton reported feeling the effects.

Of course it isn’t just California that has been getting rattled lately.

In the middle of last week, the Pacific Ring of Fire was suddenly shaken by over a dozen quakes of magnitude 4.0 or greater…

In the latest burst of seismic activity, more than a dozen earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or higher have rattled the Pacific Ring of Fire.

13 earthquakes rattled cities across 8 countries between Wednesday and Thursday, with some minor seismic activity happening in the very center of the Pacific Ring of Fire.

Since the beginning of the summer, it has been a constant barrage of earthquakes.

South America has been getting hit particularly hard.

Could the North American portion of the Pacific Ring of Fire be next?

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