California hit by FOURTH earthquake in just over 24 hours as state recovers from deadly wildfires
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California was rocked by an earthquake early Friday, marking the fourth to hit the state in over 24 hours. A magnitude 2.8 was detected 180 miles north of Los Angeles, where fires are blazing, at 3:32am PT, which hit three hours after another 2.8 in San Jose.
![[While no injuries or damage was reported, the seismic activity followed a deadly stretch of wildfires in Southern California that began on January 7]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/22/93879411-14298065-The_seismic_activity_also_happened_about_350_miles_away_from_the-a-24_1737153534808.jpg)
The latest earthquake registered a 2.8 magnitude and occurred approximately 15 miles southeast of Avenal at 3:32 a.m. The US Geological Survey also reported a third 2.8 magnitude San Bernardino County on Thursday and a 3.0 magnitude hit Salton City Wednesday.
![[Devastation was left behind by the Eaton Fire in a neighborhood on Friday in Altadena, CA, a city that felt Thursday's earthquake]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/22/94226541-14298065-Ruins_of_Eaton_Fire_leaving_devastation_in_a_neighborhood_on_Fri-a-23_1737153531957.jpg)
The four quakes occurred along the San Andreas fault - the volatile boundary between two tectonic plates: the Pacific plate and the North American plate. It runs 800 miles along the coast of California. Scientists have said that the West Coast is overdue for a massive quake along the San Andreas fault, which would measure magnitude 8 or higher.
While no injuries or damage was reported, the seismic activity followed a deadly stretch of wildfires in Southern California that began on January 7. California was rocked by an earthquake early Friday, marking the fourth to hit the state in over 24 hours.
Killing at least 25 people, the series of 30 wildfires has been reduced substantially to four fires as of Thursday. Two of the largest remain active. Both the southern and northern sections of the San Andreas fault have a roughly equal likelihood of generating a high-magnitude earthquake in the next few decades.
