Malik Shehade
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
4.5-magnitude quake strikes Southern California
Last night there was a 4.5 earthquake in southern California. It was about 18 miles west of El Centro, California. Scientist say that it struck 6.3 miles deep. It was an aftershock from a 7.2 earthquake on April, 4 near Baja California.(2 killed, 100 injured). There has been lots of earthquakes lately and I think that there might just be one even bigger pretty soon. Lets hope that it doesn't happen and hope that these earthquakes stop pretty soon.
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Natural disasters are bound to happen. I consider ourselves lucky that we haven't had to deal with anything too big here in California. Though there are people who say that there is a huge earthquake that's going to hit us soon. All we can do is make sure we have a plan of what to do when this earthquake does happen. We don't want to be unprepared when the earthquake hits.
There are always plate tectonic movements occurring around California (especially Southern California). It's because we are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. It's scary to think of the next big earthquake and what it will do.
It seems like all this seismic activity is steadily making its way up the coast! If scientist are saying that it is not a matter of "if" but, rather, of "when", where is the widespread panic? What? Pompeii?
I think it's a good thing that the earthquakes are more frequent. It'll probably mean that the "major earthquake" that we are due will be less severe. Or at least that's what I think. Anyways, the Bay Area is due for one soon and I hope I am as far away as possible when that happens.
"It'll probably mean that the "major earthquake" that we are due will be less severe. Or at least that's what I think."
That's actually not true. There is no evidence of cause and effect that other earthquakes will increase/decrease the chances of another earthquake or increase/decrease the strength of a succeeding earthquake.
There is; however, is a correlation between larger earthquakes following smaller earthquakes around a certain area.
Correlations don't mean cause and effect, but it is an indication that a large earthquake will hit the Bay Area soon.
-Yuzo Yanagitsuru
I agree with Ellery. Natural disasters aren't something we can control. Therefore, the best we can all do is to be prepared when it hits. So the loss may be less severe.
I did not know that aftershocks from earthquakes happened much later... I thought they happened relatively close to the first one happening or at lease that's I learned and read about. It took almost 2 months for the aftershock to hit??? Really??? I think that it was simply a small earthquake and not an aftershock.
Also, you can hope for earthquakes to go away and stop, but that's not going to happen. Natural disasters can be predicted, but are not always accurate and they will continue to happen throughout our existence. As for the "big one" I don't think its strength or power will be reduced due to a whole set of mini ones, but hopefully everyone is prepared in general for earthquakes and the potential damage they will bring.
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