A strong earthquake occurred on Monday, April 14 in southern California, on Monday, April 14, according to the authorities.
The epicenter of this earthquake of magnitude 5.2 is near Julian, a small city just over a car by San Diego, according to the American Geophysics Institute (USGS).
“It is unlikely that there are victims and damage,” said the USGS in an initial report. “In general, the population of this region lies in structures that resist seismic tremors, although there are vulnerable structures.”
Strong seismic activity in California in 2024
The earthquake was strong enough to achieve the balance of certain Orange residents, in southern California, lose balance.
The earthquakes are frequent in the “gold state” because the west coast of the United States is located at the crossroads of several tectonic plates of the earth.
Many residents still remember Northridge’s earthquake in 1994, which had killed dozens in the Los Angeles region, thousands of injured and caused millions of dollars in damage.
In 2024, California registered an unprecedented seismic activity for several decades, according to psychologists. Several moderate earthquakes have shaken the nerves of certain inhabitants, which fear the “great”.
But according to scientists, these medium -scale earthquakes are not announcing a disaster in preparation. For a century of seismological observation, “no one has observed statistically significant patterns before large earthquakes occurred,” Seismologist Susan Hough recalled in Los Angeles Times.
The California authorities took advantage of this rebirth of the activity to remind the inhabitants who must be ready to react, seized under the tables and far from the windows in case of an earthquake. They also recommend that they always have a prepared emergency bag, with water, non -perishable foods, pocket lamps, a portable radio and an emergency kit.
Source: BFM TV
