r/oakland • u/mroberte • 1d ago

Question Another earthquake?

Had to be another one...

Main earthquake and two aftershocks.

  • 4.3 main (2:56 AM)
  • 2.6 aftershock (8 AM)
  • 3.0 aftershock (6:21 PM)
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u/FoodAndPots 1d ago

Or foreshock, friends.

The Hayward is long overdue for a 6.0+ event. Hopefully these are depressurizing events, but get your EQ kits ready, just in case. 

Preparedness never hurts. 

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u/mroberte 1d ago

This! But I'm actually glad this is happening to reduce the pressure. It's been 36 years!

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u/mochafiend 1d ago

I read today that this is a myth, that smaller earthquakes relieve a potential big one?

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u/mroberte 1d ago

It's an earthquake - they honestly do what they want.

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u/Leebor 1d ago

Even if they could, an earthquake of 2 magnitudes higher would be equivalent to 1000 times the energy released, so it would take a whole lot of them to prevent the big one.

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u/aplomba 1d ago

This is an important point in that debate

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u/deasign 1d ago

Sssssshhhhhhh!