(OPINION) It is getting very difficult to ignore all of the shaking that is going on. Over the past few months, there have been very unusual earthquakes all over the United States.
As you will see below, there have been noteworthy quakes on the west coast, on the east coast, near our northern border, and near our southern border.
Of course, all of this comes at a time when the entire planet is being shaken by unusual seismic activity. Is all of this unusual seismic activity building up to something? If so, what does that mean for all of us?
On Tuesday night, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake that shook southern California made headlines all over the nation…
An earthquake northwest of Los Angeles shook a large swath of Southern California on Tuesday night, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the 5.2 magnitude temblor struck at 9:09 p.m. and was centered near Mettler, an unincorporated area in Kern County about 85 miles (137 kilometers) from downtown Los Angeles.
Following the quake, Dr. Lucy Jones went on television and revealed that her initial assessment was that the quake was not associated with any known fault.
I thought that was quite strange. Another earthquake expert named Ole Kaven agreed with that assessment, but he did note that this particular area is known for earthquakes…
There isn’t a known fault in the area where the earthquake struck on Tuesday night, but it’s still an area known for earthquakes, said Ole Kaven, U.S. Geological Survey research geophysicist.
The shaking was felt over a very large area.
In fact, it was being reported that this earthquake was felt by those living “in Ventura, Simi Valley, Camarillo, Santa Clarita, Encino, Hollywood, Santa Monica, North Hollywood and Woodland Hills”.
Subsequently, there have been more than 200 aftershocks in that same region… There have been more than 277 aftershocks to Tuesday’s magnitude 5.2 earthquake in Southern California, two with a magnitude 4.0 or greater – but the likelihood of another, larger shock is still low, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
“Seeing a lot of these smaller events that slow over time is very normal,” said Ole Kaven, a research geophysicist with USGS. Hopefully things will settle down soon.
But it is just a matter of time before the earthquakes return. For more than a decade, I have been specifically warning about what will happen to the state of California when “the Big One” finally strikes.
Scientists assure us that “the Big One” is overdue, and the damage that it will cause will be off the charts. California is known for earthquakes, but we are also seeing significant shaking in areas of the country that are not known for earthquakes.
For example, the state of New Jersey has been shaken by more than 200 earthquakes over the past three months…(FULL REPORT)
