This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog.
The magnitude 5.6 earthquake that just shook portions of three different states should be a huge wake-up call for everyone who lives in California. The San Andreas Fault system is locked and loaded, and it is just a matter of time before an absolutely cataclysmic earthquake permanently alters the geography of the state.
A day is coming when large portions of Southern California will no longer be above water. I have written about this over and over again, and I have warned about this more times than I can possibly count. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the people who live in the region do not believe that such a disaster will ever happen.
Just hours ago, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake violently rattled the Bay Area…
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattled northern California the morning of Wednesday, June 24, triggering alerts across the Bay Area, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The quake was recorded just over 6 miles from Redwood Valley at 8:10 a.m. PT and felt by people across the region, the USGS said.
This was no ordinary earthquake.
In fact, it was so powerful that it was felt in parts of Oregon, parts of Nevada, and all over Northern California…
While the strongest shaking was reported right at the quake’s epicenter near Redwood Valley, the tremors traveled more than 600 miles up and down the West Coast, reaching Coos Bay, Oregon in the north and Salinas, California in the south.
That range includes the entire San Francisco Bay Area, home to more than seven million people, and affecting multiple cities including San Jose, Sacramento, Concord, Oakland, Stockton and Modesto.
A lot of people were really freaked out by how strong this quake was.
One woman who lives in Mendocino County is claiming that it was “the biggest earthquake I have felt in my life”…
Moneca Vargas at Saint Mary’s Catholic School in Ukiah told KTVU: ‘That was the biggest earthquake I have felt in my life, and I’ve lived in Ukiah for most of my 54 years. My whole house shook.’
Other residents close to the source in Northern California compared the shockwaves to a ‘freight train’ rolling through their homes, causing items to fall from shelves and officials to sound the official earthquake alert system for quakes stronger than magnitude 4.5.
The epicenter of this event was located very close to the Maacama Fault zone.
And it turns out that the Maacama Fault zone “is part of the larger San Andreas Fault system”…
The epicenter of Wednesday’s earthquake was recorded within seven miles of the Maacama Fault zone.
The Maacama is an major active strike-slip fault capable of causing strong shaking and damage in areas like Mendocino and Sonoma counties, where it runs through rural communities and wine country.
Making the fault even more of a concern to locals is the fact that it is part of the larger San Andreas Fault system, the infamous 800-mile-long fault running through much of California.
Shaking along one portion of the San Andreas Fault system can affect other portions of the San Andreas Fault system.
A number of years ago, this was vividly portrayed in a film entitled “San Andreas” that received a lot of attention at the time.
Unfortunately, the San Andreas Fault system is perfectly primed for a major event.
Last Friday, I shared an article with my core supporters that warned that the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems “have reached the highest stress levels seen in the past 1,000 years”.
Scientists have told us that someday the San Andreas Fault system could potentially rip wide open all at once.
In my most recent book, I described what that could look like…
If the San Andreas fault does rupture all at once, scientists have warned us that it could produce an earthquake that would be powerful enough to cause the ground on the western side of the San Andreas fault to suddenly drop several feet. Since most of southern California is just barely above sea level, that would allow water from the Pacific Ocean to come pouring in.
Can you imagine the kind of death and destruction that such a disaster would cause?
It would look like much of the southern California coast had just gone into the Pacific Ocean, but actually the Pacific Ocean would suddenly be covering vast stretches of the coast that have now dropped several feet lower than they were previously.
Researchers tell us that similar catastrophes have actually happened along the west coast in the past, and it is just a matter of time before it happens again.
If you live in southern California, it critical for you to understand that it is just a matter of time before “the Big One” strikes.
I have been attempting to sound the alarm about what is going to happen for years, but of course most of those living in the region are not interested in such warnings.
Of course I am not the only one that has been issuing such ominous warnings. Scientists have repeatedly told us that the San Andreas fault appears to be “locked and loaded” and that it could potentially “unzip all at once”.
Cal State Fullerton professor Matt Kirby was the lead author on a study that discovered that land on the western side of the San Andreas fault can instantly sink by up to 3 feet when a major earthquake strikes. He says that it has happened before and that it will happen again.
According to Kirby, a seismic event of this nature is something “that would happen relatively instantaneously”, and he has said that if such a disaster occurred today “you would see seawater rushing in”.
Coastal areas such as Santa Monica are barely above sea level.
A large enough seismic event could leave those areas completely covered by water.
But most people that live in Southern California will not take the warnings seriously until disaster finally strikes.
Meanwhile, there has been more unusual activity at the Yellowstone Supervolcano.
Earlier this month, an unexpected hydrothermal explosion suddenly created a new pool of super-heated water…
Another hydrothermal explosion has occurred at Yellowstone National Park, highlighting the unstable nature of the reserve’s extensive volcanic network, the U.S. Geological Survey says.
On June 13, a small hydrothermal explosion occurred at Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin — a popular thermal area located less than 2 miles northwest of Old Faithful, according to the USGS.
The explosion occurred at 5:09 a.m. local time and did not cause any injuries, according to the USGS. A new pool formed as a result of activity.
We have been witnessing so much unusual activity all over the globe in recent months.
But I am convinced that what we have experienced so far is nothing compared to what is coming.
The giant space rock that we all exist on as we hurtle through space is exhibiting increasing signs of instability.
One of these days time will run out for those that are living along the San Andreas Fault, and for many of them there will be no escape.
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