I have felt so many similar to this one. It was a nothingburger.
People who haven't lived in CA for most of their lives don't get it. Earthquakes are nothing, and they happen all the time. "All the time" doesn't actually mean all the time, but it is often enough that such an event is not notable in any way.
If it's once a year... meh. Who cares. It's nothing.
It's literally like getting uppity about a gust of wind in Oklahoma, or three gusts of wind in a few months...
Also, I think the "two of them in the past week" are just because one was an aftershock of the other. That is really just one earthquake.
It's CA. Earthquakes mean it's Thursday. This was insignificant as the scope of such things sometimes go.
It's like saying "The Storm Is Coming" because there was a tornado in Oklahoma, or a hurricane in Florida.
In the past 12 months, there have only been three 5+ magnitude earthquakes in CA. Two of them occured in the past week. All 3 in 2023.
Must be earthquake season...
I have felt so many similar to this one. It was a nothingburger.
People who haven't lived in CA for most of their lives don't get it. Earthquakes are nothing, and they happen all the time. "All the time" doesn't actually mean all the time, but it is often enough that such an event is not notable in any way.
If it's once a year... meh. Who cares. It's nothing.
It's literally like getting uppity about a gust of wind in Oklahoma, or three gusts of wind in a few months...
Also, I think the "two of them in the past week" are just because one was an aftershock of the other. That is really just one earthquake.
Then why did it make the front page News?
Comms.
Slow news day? Distracting from not talking about more meaningful information? I have no idea.
I felt it. I've lived in CA a long time. I have felt numerous others similar. Seriously, it was nothing.
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