For Two Weeks This California Town Has Averaged One Earthquake Per Hour
Over the past two weeks, over 408 earthquakes have rattled the town of San Ramon, California. That’s a little over an earthquake every hour, and sets a record for the area, beating out a 2003 swarm which lasted for a month and had 120 earthquakes. It’s an impressive accomplishment, but San Ramon has a long way to go if it wants to beat seismic heavyweights like Yellowstone National Park, which recorded 3,000 earthquakes over 3 months in 1985....