San Jancito Earthquake

On July 7th, 2010 at 4:53 PM, at 5.4 earthquake hit the SoCal region. Unlike other earthquakes, expets have predicted this earthquake for quite some time. These mini earthquakes - also known as "trigger earthquakes" - are known to come around after a particularly strong earthquake. One time of such situation was in 1992 - the 7.3 Landers earthquake. After this servere quake, aftershocks and "trigger earthquakes" were felt in the Mohave Desert of 15 years.

In this instance, scientists say the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Baja California on Easter Sunday is responsible for yesterday's earthquake. They say that the 7.2 earthquake placed more pressure on the fault zones in Southern California in Elsinore and San Jancito. Wednesday's earthquake only confirmed this analysis as the earthquake centered around the San Jancito fault zone.

Experts say that the number of severe earthquakes have been increasing. A definite reason for this has not been published, but of course there are a plethora of reasons. Ranging from no reason at all to global warming, people try to explain the reasons of the increase in siesmic activity. It may be that the earth is simply going through a cyclic process and that there is no real reason for this natural damage, or there may be some unprecedented humane cause for the destruction.

Either way, the truth remains that earthquakes do occur often in the United States and around the globe. Rather than pursuing some elusive justification of the disaster, people should take the first necessary steps to become prepared to face the world that we live in.