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The Earthquake That Just Struck California is Concerning...

2026-04-02 Science & Technology
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Early in the morning on April 2nd 2026 people across the San Francisco Bay Area were jolted awake by a magnitude 4.6 earthquake, the strongest since September of 2023. Occurring in the Santa Cruz Mountains close to the epicenter of the M6.9 Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989 under a similar Saturn-Neptune conjunction, is this M4.6 potentially a foreshock to a larger earthquake soon to come? And how does space weather affect earthquake activity? Geophysicist Stefan Burns reports... Earth Evolution Energy Analytics: https://www.earthevolution.com/energy-analytics Earth Evolution: https://www.earthevolution.com/store Use code "TOTHEMOON" for 5% off till end of day April 5th! *orders are only available for the USA. ✅ Subscribe to my channel: @StefanBurns & @StefanBurnsClips Twitter/X: https://x.com/StefanBurnsGeo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefanburnsofficial/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6oYcPs2YFIKHoNrimxaDN5 Data, and Credit: USGS latest earthquakes: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ M4.6 Boulder Creek Earthquake USGS Event Page: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75337442/executive Volcano Discovery global seismic activity level: https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/global-seismic-activity-level.html GFZ Potsdam geomagnetic indices: https://kp.gfz.de/en/hp30-hp60 NOAA real-time solar wind: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/real-time-solar-wind This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, please contact via www.stefanburns.com/contact #earthquakes #spaceweather #NASA #solaractivity #earth #geophysics #megaquake #space #astronomy #solaractivity #geomagneticstorm #aurora #solarmaximum #solarcycle25 #geology #science #earthscience #volcanoes #earthquake #wx #swx #schumannresonance #supervolcano #yellowstone #oarfish #doomsdayfish

Top Comments (10)

@pwayne3580 2026-04-02

Boulder creek here. My dogs went crazy and woke me up about a minute before it hit. It broke one kitchen cabinet off the wall and scattered everything in the other cabinets on the floor. It was also very loud.

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@walterbarnes852 2026-04-02

I live in Santa Cruz and my nephew is living in Boulder Creek and he said he thought a car crashed into the house.😮

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@JackieOgle 2026-04-02

Thank you Stefan. I hope your Dad is doing well after his surgery and recovery. Thank you for your diligence in keeping us informed. ❤

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@alert-mercy 2026-04-02

I live in Boulder Creek and i swear i caught air getting tossed out of my bed...was crazy! and to think it was "only" a 4.6

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@Mizz-x5c 2026-04-02

I was awakened with this earthquake, and I live in San Rafael, CA.

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@jaxmaria 2026-04-02

I’m in Felton 5 miles from the quake.. it was so loud and it sounded like the Redwoods were falling on the house which they didn’t ..but it was so scary. Hard to explain

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@robertfitch310 2026-04-02

I live in Bonny Doon, right near Boulder Creek, pretty good shaker. Broke some stuff, pictures are all crooked, dogs terrified.

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@lindasante7622 2026-04-02

It was very loud like the house was breaking apart with some shaking, terrifying my dogs as myself. Ben Lomond

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@kristenr8311 2026-04-02

SF here - woke us up- short and JOLTY.

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@judyxo 2026-04-03

I live about 10 miles from Boulder Creek. It felt like a train was barreling through my yard. NO WAY that was only a 4.6. Things flew off shelves and a large mirror leaning up against a wall fell over. I was in San Jose for Loma Prieta and this one was 2nd strongest I’ve ever experienced.

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