Did you feel the little earthquake today? It was about M4. It was like a baby earthquake. Did you know we have about 30 tiny little earthquake a day in California? We just don't feel it.
I'm always in bed when an earthquake occurs. Seriously. I don't nap all that often, but earthquakes usually occur when I am lying on my bed.
The ironic thing is that we were learning about earthquakes in my earth science class for the past week. My teacher has drilled it into us that a M7-8 earthquake will be happening sometime in our lifetime. The earth will move up, down, and sideways of about 6 feet. It will also probably last about two minutes. The thought seriously keeps me up at night. I don't want to get buried or swallowed by the earth.
Why are we going to have such a big earthquake? It's because we are near a bunch of big faults like the San Andreas fault. (There are more reasons, but I don't want to give you the whole lecture on earthquakes. haha.) The last big earthquake in southern California was over 100+ years ago, and we are long overdue for another one. I also live by the Santa Ana river, so my house may sink due to liquefaction. Oh boy.
When you look at the damages that occur during the Northridge or the Kobe earthquake, you can see how bad the next big one is going to be. I mean look at the one that just occurred in Italy. I'm seriously fearful of the next giant earthquake, but I think I am much more prepared for it now that I know what to expect.
P.S. I wish I was a geologist. If only I could turn back time... (Actually, I wish I was a lot of things. I will post about that in the future.)
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