Earthquakes shake California in recent days as officials warn the cost of quake ... trends now
A swarm of earthquakes hit Southern California over the weekend as the Golden State continues to see a massive uptick in the cost of quake damage.
One earthquake that shook the Salton Sea region - located south of Joshua Tree - registered as a 4.5 in magnitude on the Richter scale.
The first earthquake occurred near the U.S.- Mexico border town of Herber around 12pm Saturday and more than four dozen tremors were subsequently registered over the next 18 hours, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
The latest quakes come after a new report from USGS indicated that California is projected to lose an average of $9.6 billion a year from earthquake damage.
That number is a 157 percent jump from 2017 when it was just $3.7 billion a year.
A swarm of earthquakes hit Southern California over the weekend as the Golden State continues to see a massive uptick in the cost of quake damage
The latest quakes come after a new report from USGS indicated that California is projected to lose an average of $9.6 billion a year from earthquake damage
That estimated cost is a 157 percent jump from 2017 when it was just $3.7 billion a year
The earthquake and tremors in Herber reached up to 3.7 in magnitude.
According to USGS, around 60 residents felt the first quake and the following tremors.
A second series of earthquakes struck near Niland, a town 40 miles north of the border. After the first, more than 25 tremors shook the area after midnight Sunday.
There, the earthquakes lasted until 5.28am and reached a magnitude of 4.5.
Those tremors were felt by roughly 30 people in the area.
Between the Herber and Niland earthquakes, a 3.2-magnitude quake hit the shore of the Salton Sea around 10.55pm.
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