The Earthquake Cluster Hitting The West Coast Right Now Is Not Normal
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On Wednesday, the third of June, two thousand twenty-six, a cluster of moderate earthquakes struck off the far northern coast of California near the Mendocino Triple Junction, led by a magnitude five point seven offshore and followed by a magnitude five point two near Petrolia and a smaller aftershock. No one was hurt and no tsunami came. This report walks calmly through what shook, why it shook, how it fits the long record of this restless coast beside the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and what it does and does not tell us about the great quake the region prepares for.
Sources: a. United States Geological Survey, earthquake catalog and ShakeAlert program b. Oregon State University research on Cascadia and San Andreas fault interaction, two thousand twenty-six c. United States Geological Survey Pacific Northwest earthquake probability and hazard publications
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