No injuries were immediately reported after tremor north-west of San Francisco, but it was the largest in recent memory
Caroline Titus, a resident of Ferndale, tweeted video in her darkened home of toppled furniture and smashed dishes. “Our home is a 140-year-old Victorian. The north/south shaking is very evident in what fell,” she tweeted. “That was a big one,” she said in another tweet.
Damage assessments are ongoing and expected to continue for days. But so far, the damage seems to be less than what might be expected from the size of the temblor, according to “Earthquakes are common in the region around the Mendocino triple junction,” the USGS posted on an informational page about the event, noting a 6.2 magnitude quake that occurred just 20km south-west exactly one year ago. “In the past century, there have been at least 40 other earthquakes of M6 or larger,” they said, “including six earthquakes M7 or larger, within 250 km of the December 20, 2022 earthquake.
Scientists have, for years, been warning that “the big one” – a catastrophic earthquake rivaling any that’s been experienced so far – is due in California. But they are difficult to predict. Officials have cautioned the importance of being prepared for the event, and smaller ones like this quake.
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