Well, at least there’s one disaster that doesn’t appear to be increasing over time..
I actually didn’t realize the Northridge (‘92? ‘93?) quake was so big!
Fun fact: that was my parents’ 13th wedding anniversary. I remember laying in bed as a kid with my parents (because my bedroom had a ton of shelves that fell so they brought me into bed with them) and my mom turned to my dad and said “Honey, next year you can get me something smaller.” 😂
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I used [USGS’ Earthquake Catalog (Source)](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=31.44714,-123.29956&extent=37.66618,-109.94019&range=search&timeZone=utc&search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22starttime%22:%221932-01-01%2000:00:01%22,%22endtime%22:%222024-09-08%2023:59:59%22,%22maxlatitude%22:35.996,%22minlatitude%22:32.556,%22maxlongitude%22:-114.434,%22minlongitude%22:-121.652,%22minmagnitude%22:4.5,%22orderby%22:%22time%22%7D%7D) to graph all of the magnitude 4.5+ earthquakes in the Southern California Region. I used Matplotlib to graph the data.
Four earthquakes above 7.0 magnitude in graph:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Kern_County_earthquake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Kern_County_earthquake)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Landers_earthquake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Landers_earthquake)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Hector_Mine_earthquake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Hector_Mine_earthquake)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Ridgecrest_earthquakes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Ridgecrest_earthquakes)
Well, at least there’s one disaster that doesn’t appear to be increasing over time..
I actually didn’t realize the Northridge (‘92? ‘93?) quake was so big!
Fun fact: that was my parents’ 13th wedding anniversary. I remember laying in bed as a kid with my parents (because my bedroom had a ton of shelves that fell so they brought me into bed with them) and my mom turned to my dad and said “Honey, next year you can get me something smaller.” 😂