PLANET X INCOMING: Swarm of 16 earthquakes rattles San Francisco Bay Area after series of 60 earthquakes hit the Danville area last week
Several magnitude 2 and 3 earthquakes rumbled through the San
Francisco Bay Area on Friday. It’s the latest seismic activity to add to
a swarm of 60 earthquakes greater than magnitude 1 to hit the Danville
area in the past week. The largest in the sequence, a magnitude 3.6
earthquake, came at 12:19 p.m. Friday. The U.S. Geological Survey
received reports from more than 1,000 people who said they felt the
quake, extending from the East Bay and into San Francisco. The quake was
quite shallow, less than athird of a mile under the surface of the earth. A magnitude 2.8
aftershock was felt two minutes later. San Francisco has been shaken by a
series of small earthquakes over 24 hours in California – the US state
where a ‘Big One’ could happen at any moment. Friday’s seismic sequence
began at 2:32 a.m., with a magnitude 2.7 temblor, followed by a
magnitude 2.8 earthquake less than an hour later. A magnitude 3.3
earthquake hit at 5:28 a.m. The BART train service delayed trains after
the magnitude 3 earthquakes Friday as a safety precaution.
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