Just got a text from my daughter in Los Angeles (Miracle Mile area). She was out running errands while she could. It's been raining and windy. She figured she better finish up errands early today. She parked in a newer underground parking garage by the store and her car started rocking back and forth from an earthquake. She said it lasted about 30 seconds.
I looked up USGS and Ojai, California was hit with a 5.1 and since then they've had 5 more of 3.1 - 3.6 magnitude.
SIMPLE MATH …explains why a 5.1 QUAKE hit the SoCal area today (Sunday):
1 Square Mile = 27,878,400 Square Feet
Using a paint calculator, 1 gallon covers 160 sq.ft.(at approx. 1/16 th inches thickness)
1 gallon of water weighs 8.33 pounds
Ergo… 27,878,400 Square Feet/ sq.mile divided by 160 sq.ft /gallon = 174,240 gallons PER SQ. MILE per 1/16th inches of rain.
So for EACH SQUARE MILE, if you have 1 inch of rain, that would be 174,240 gallons x 16 (as in 16 1/16ths per inch) x 8.33 POUNDS/gallon = = 232,22,707.2 POUNDS PER SQUARE MILE
OR… a little over ¼ MILLION POUNDS (of pressure)…PER SQ. MILE…PER INCH OF RAIN… slamming down on the earth by the rain….and the GREAT LOS ANGELES AREA just got 3 INCHES thus far since this morning!
In other words, that a SH*T LOAD OF PRESSURE pushing down on all those fault lines (as well as lubricating ‘em so they could “slip”) …and TTTTTHAT is why there was a M 5.1 - 7 km SE of Ojai, CA 2023-08-20 at 21:41:00 (UTC) … 3:38 PM, Aug 20 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) + 4 more 3-pointers …since Hurricane HILLARY hit the SoCal area.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci39645386/executive
FOR THE LATEST ONES , click below:
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=30.84565,-126.5625&extent=37.8922,-111.79688&showUSFaults=true&baseLayer=street&distanceUnit=mi
Makes perfect sense
Lol!