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Los Angeles California Earthquake Will Be Bigger Than Expected ?
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California Earthquake
A broken block wall blocks the sidewalk Saturday, March 29, after an earthquake hit Orange County Friday night in Fullerton, Calif. More than 100 aftershocks have rattled Orange County south of Los Angeles where a magnitude-5.1 earthquake struck Friday. Despite the relatively minor damage, no injuries have been reported.
Earthquake Swarm Doesn't Mean 'The Big One' Is Coming
By Devin Coldewey
This past week may have had more noticeable quakes in the U.S. than most, but seismologists have been quick to point out that the ground is nearly always rumbling somewhere. Earthquakes are likely to come one after another, but it doesn't mean we're any closer to "the big one."
The series of highly visible earthquakes around the country over the last few days made headlines as people wondered whether the trend would continue — perhaps with increasing magnitude. But U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Lucile Jones said that's not quite how it works.
"There's nothing about this that looks unusual," she said in a telephone interview Monday with NBC News. "We're probably making a pattern out of nothing."
"Plate tectonics hasn't stopped," she added — least of all in the Los Angeles area, which shoulders a quarter of the nation's earthquake risk and where a 5.1 earthquake that hit Friday night, followed by more than 100 aftershocks.Comment
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