California's Eerie 'Earthquake Pause' Is Unprecedented
When you purchase through links on our site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it works . It ’s a little too quiet in California , seismically speaking . The country is experiencing a century - long lull in large , ground - rupturing earthquakes , temblor that actually countervail the world at the surface . The 7.9 - magnitudeGreat San Francisco Earthquake of 1906was a background - tear quake ; photographs select in its aftermathshow road and fences with raw bends and twist ....