Earthquakes. We get them very often, but sometimes we don’t feel them. In California, it was reported it is possible we get thirty-five earthquakes in a day. Over the past couple of weeks, we have been hearing more news about earthquakes.

     Salton Sea is a rift lake located on the San Andreas Fault in California’s Imperial and Coachella Valleys. Over the past couple of day or so, it was said that approximately 200 earthquakes – where three of them had a magnitude greater than four – hit the Salton Sea. Apparently, these earthquakes took it’s toll early Monday morning and has continued ever since. On Monday night, 4.3 and 4.2 earthquakes took place on last Monday night, while nine earthquakes were greater than 3.0. Would this cause a community to be destroyed? No, an earthquake that has a magnitude of 2.5-5.4 are often felt, however, they only cause minor damage. Although this is not something we need to go crazy about, it is still many earthquakes of which can cause some damage.

     Evidently, swarms of small earthquakes in the area are common due to the sea sitting on top of a very thin crust. The crust is constantly being stretched “as the North American and Pacific plates grind against each other” said sources. Scientists believe because the thin crust it can make it easier for the hotter material to get close to the surface and cause a shake.

     As the number of earthquakes increase, people are starting to feel the need to prepare for the worst. Millions of people are going and willing to participate in the Great California Shakeout. The Great California Shakeout is an earthquake drill that takes place annually to help people prepare for earthquakes. The first drill, known as the Great Southern California Shakeout, occurred November 13, 2008, which involved 5.3 million participants after the largest earthquake in U.S. history at that time. This year, more than 10.6 million Californians were expected to prepare for the worldwide exercise in earthquake preparedness, those of which included seniors, troops, and local residents.

     Earthquakes have people on the tip of their toes; they do not know what or when to expect it. Although people are preparing themselves, we can never predict the future, we will never know what will happen. Would you rather have a swarm of little ones, or one devastating and destructive large one? Exactly how many earthquakes are too much?