|Source: U.S. Geological Survey (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/FaultMaps/121-37.html)|
|Road damage from fault creep on the San Andreas fault near the earthquake epicenter. This is a 2010 picture; the damage was NOT caused by the earthquakes today|
Events like these are reminders that we Californians are living in earthquake country, and that we need to be prepared for larger catastrophic seismic events. It is a virtual certaintly that the state will be rocked by magnitude 7+ events in the next few decades, and some of these earthquakes will affect urban regions. One should always have emergency supplies available, and a plan for what to do in the event of a major earthquake.
|Shutter ridge on the San Andreas fault near the earthquake swarm epicenter. The fault follows the fence line.|