The coast of California is startled by a third earthquake in less than a day.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) detected an earthquake of 2.7 at 8:03 am et Thursday in the city of Hayward.
Two more earthquakes pulled less than six hours earlier off the coast of Petrolia, about 250 miles north of the latter.
USGS says that the first tremor strikes at 2:06 am and measures a 3.3 -magnitude.
It was quickly followed by another 3.4 magnitude earthquake less than three hours later at 4:51 am et.
The two earlier earthquakes were about 20 miles apart for the coast.
While the two earthquakes in the neighborhood of Petrolia met a relatively quiet part of North California, the third earthquake in Hayward became part of the state between the big cities such as San Francisco, Oakland and Fremont.
That 2.7 magnitude earthquake took place through the appropriate Hayward error, of which USGS comments is an active error in the San Francisco Bay region.
The first two earthquakes that were beaten near the coast of North California (top left), while the third (in blue) was centered in the San Francisco Bay Area
The USGS shows that hundreds of people reported that they all felt the seismic events, with more than 100 residents reporting that they shake during the 2.7 size.
The Hayward error runs along the foot of the East Bay Hills. The last major earthquake on October 21, 1868, with a size of 6.8.
Historical data show that five people were killed and 30 were injured.
Scientists have checked the mistake and discover that it once produces large earthquakes for 140 years.
“Because it has been more than 144 years ago since the last major earthquake, the clock taps,” said researchers from the University of California, Berkley.
“It is very likely that the Hayward error will tear in the next 30 years and produce a considerable earthquake.”
The two Magnitude-3 earthquakes near Petrolia took place near the northern part of the notorious San Andreas error, a big break in the crust of the earth that spans 800 miles up and down California.
The seismic events also took place along the border of the Pacific plate – the oceanic tectonic plate that lies under the Pacific Ocean.
The USGS reports that 3 earthquakes have hit the Californian coast since 2 hours et on Thursday
It is the biggest tectonic record on earth, and recent studies have suggested that large undersea mistakes can pull it apart.
A 2024 study in geophysical research letters showed that the deep underwater errors are the result of enormous forces in the Pacific plate that it drags to the West.
The San Andreas Fault Line is also only kilometers from the Hayward error.
Experts have warned that California is too late for a new massive earthquake along the San Andreas.
A potential magnitude 8 earthquake would destroy the most populated cities of the state, which causes around 1,800 deaths, 50,000 injuries and $ 200 billion in damage, according to estimates of the Chalifornia authority.
Experts are 'pretty sure that there could be a fairly large earthquake in the next 30 years', said Angie Lux, project scientist for earthquake early warning in the Berkeley Seismology Lab, to DailyMail.com in 2024.
With regard to this most recent series of smaller earthquakes, seismic activity above 2.5 can often be felt and cause minor damage.
There have been no reports of injuries due to the earthquakes.
The San Andreas error loosened a few earthquakes on 10 February and rocked San Bernardino.
The USGS detected a provisional 3.5 -magnitude at 12:44 pm et, followed by a 3.0 -magnitude about four minutes later.
The 3.5 earthquake was felt in San Bernardino, as well as Ontario, Victorville, Hesperia and Riverside.
Residents in Inglewood, Redondo Beach, Palm Springs, Huntington Beach and North San Diego County reported that they also felt them, as an X user said, “Feeled both!”
“Yup felt that one day in California,” wrote another.
More than 230 people said they felt shaking, said the USGS -Vilt report.
Others said they didn't feel the earthquakes at all, because California is used to larger vibrations.
“Hell, I am in San Bernardino – and I needed social media to tell me that there was an earthquake,” said a person on X.
“No, it didn't feel it. And I'm in that area, “said another on Facebook.
