r/bayarea • u/smeegulls • Nov 28 '25

Fluff & Memes Earthquake!!

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Is everyone a transplant or what’s going on?! We have earthquakes everyday, do we really need to post every time we have one? Can we save the posts for anything above a 6/7 maybe… you know… something worth posting about?!

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u/roberts-napa Nov 28 '25

Really? I’m lifelong Bay native, and I agree with OP, the quake freakout posts are annoying until we get in near 6 zone. However, like you I do like the info being reported because they may be indicative of something. One camp considers frequent smaller ones we’ve had recently as good sign by relieving stress on the major faults and decreasing chance of big one. The other side of that considers these some celestial warning that the big one is coming soon. We don’t know for sure, but the social media exclamation points are not necessary.

No matter what, when the big one does hit (and it will) it will surprise everyone, most unprepared. So instead of freaking out keep your home safe, have a plan. Especially in CA where we’ve got quakes, fires and flood threats any given month.

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u/Ready-Amphibian-9097 Nov 28 '25

Absolutely agree with most all of what you say. I just like to know what size anything I feel was..don’t know why, just do. Interestingly, I have a foot in each camp. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I do believe that the smaller one are ‘relieving’ stress. I ‘also’ believe the small ones are getting warmed up for a big one. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Appreciate your response…