California rocked by another earthquake amid fears 'BIG ONE' is imminent

A 2.5 magnitude earthquake rocked Little Lake, California, at 1.04am GMT following a 5.8 magnitude quake earlier on Thursday. Scientists warned that California is around 10 years overdue for a major earthquake – dubbed the ‘Big One’. California is located on the Ring of Fire, a hotspot for seismic activity and earthquakes, which runs around the Pacific Ocean. The Ring of Fire in the last few days has seen an increase in seismic activity with earthquakes along the US West Coast, in Alaska and California.
On Tuesday a 7.9 magnitude earthquake near Alaska sparked a tsunami watch warning for the entire US West Coast – the advisory was later lifted. This latest quake struck 9 miles (15km) northeast of Little Lake after the 5.8 magnitude quake rocked the US West Coast just after 4pm GMT on Thursday. The 5.8 earthquake was followed by an aftershock of magnitude 5.0.
Earlier on Thursday California was rocked by a 4.0 magnitude earthquake near Trabuco Canyon, between Los Angeles and San Diego. Scientists continue to fear that the US West Coast is getting to be hit by a major earthquake – dubbed the “big one”. A powerful earthquake in 1857 released some of the pressure in fault lines running beneath California, but much more still exists, and Robert Graves, a research geophysicist at USGS, suggests the ‘Big One’ could be overdue by 10 years.