Those quakes earlier this month in California may have seemed unusual, but although their higher magnitudes make them less common than others, the state is actually always being rocked by temblors. Just check out this stunning animation by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and see for yourself.
, enough to cause damage; hundreds more have registered as magnitude 3.0 or above events, which are sufficient to be felt at the surface.
released, relatively rare, earthquakes happen in California all the time. Forget the famous San Andrews fault – thanks to the inexorable, side-by-side grinding action of the Pacific and North American tectonic plates, there are a myriad of faults in the region, some of which slip and create quakes pretty much all the time.
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