CGS recently released Map Sheet 48, a statewide shaking-intensity map based on USGS's 2023 National Seismic Hazard Model. Here's what it shows. #earthquake 1/3
California will be hit by four significant storms over the next week, bringing widespread heavy rain and 2–5+ feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada.
Expect 4–8 inches of rain across Northern California and 2–4 inches across Central and much of Southern California, with up to 15–20+ inches possible along the western slopes of the Northern Sierra.
Flood Watches have already been issued for the entire Sacramento Valley and the western slopes of the Northern Sierra.
Stay tuned.
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A repeat of the same quake today would devestate SoCal w/ all the same damage: building collapse, liquefaction, and landslides. California has made excellent improvements construction quality/inspection, building materials, and retrofit efforts-but bad construction still remains.
To bring this home to California, we have a similar major right-lateral fault - the San Andreas Fault. It generated a ~M7.9 earthquake in 1857 (168 years ago) that ruptured 225 miles of the fault from Parkfield to Cajon Pass.
Trump started this trade war, and now Mexico is hitting back. President Claudia Sheinbaum just announced tariffs and other measures to protect Mexico’s interests.
Why is Trump really doing this? Mexico has already cracked down on fentanyl and trafficking—so what’s his endgame? This shows exactly how bad it would be if Mexico cut us off. We all will feel the pain—including Trump’s voters.