Earthquake advisory issued for Southern California

For our Members in Southern California (I don't know what this means et al.);

MSN News- CBS News - 30 Sept 16

Los Angeles - "A swarm of earthquakes that rattled the Salton Sea area earlier this week has increased the probability of a major quake hitting Southern California, CBS Los Ageles reports.

The California Office of Emergency Services (OES) issued an earthquake advisory warning residents and officials in Ventura, San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, Los Angeles, Kern and Imperial counties that there was a greater possibility of a major earthquake through
Oct. 4.

More than 140 seismic events have been recorded near Bombay Beach along the Salton Sea – a lake that sits on the San Andreas fault northeast of San Diego – beginning Monday and ranging from magnitude 1.4 to 4.3, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) seismologists".

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A graphic illustrating a swarm of recent earthquakes in the Brawley seismic zone. USGS

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Earthquake advisory issued for Southern California