More than 1,000 small earthquakes occur in this area in the last 3 weeks, should we panic?

News24xx.com - More than 1,000 small earthquakes occurred in the last 3 weeks in the San Bernadino and Riverside region in California, United States. Quoted from the Los Angeles Times, a series of earthquakes appeared about 60 kilometres from downtown Los Angeles. The earthquakes sometimes did not cause panic because people did not feel the vibration and this kind of earthquake often occurs in the area.

“There are theories that said the chance of the occurrence of earthquakes on a much larger scale, because the region is predicted to experience it someday, and other said because a lot of earthquakes occur, it means energy for the big earthquake has been releasing energy bit by bit and making us safer" said seismologist Lucy James.

According to Lucy, the two theories are inaccurate. She stated that the idea of ??a small earthquake reducing the likelihood of a large earthquake is incorrect. And the assumption that a small earthquake ensures a large earthquake will appear is also inaccurate.

Small earthquakes are not rare in California that is prone to disasters. Experts generally agree that thousands of recent earthquakes will not lead to massive earthquakes. But if it occurs near fault such as San Andreas, caution should be increased.

In September 2016, a series of small earthquakes also occurred, including 3 earthquakes with vibrations above 4 on the Richter Scale that appeared near the San Andreas fault. Experts were worried that there would be turmoil on the fault, which was vulnerable to an earthquake up to 8.2 on the Richter Scale. Fortunately, the earthquake did not occur.

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