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A California Fault Locked and Loaded for 164 YEARS is now Swarming with Earthquakes ⚠️

2025-12-20 Science & Technology
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Stefan Burns
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An earthquake swarm in San Ramon, California is not letting up as ground tremors continue to shake the residents living there, and new earthquake activity in Briones Regional Park and Vallejo, California indicate that a larger rupture (M5.0+) along the Franklin Fault is at a higher risk than normal for the days and weeks ahead. The Franklin Fault connects together the West Napa Fault and the Calaveras Fault, both of which have experienced magnitude 5.0 and greater earthquakes since the year 2000 (the only faults in the SF Bay Area to have done so), further suggesting that this final section of built up strain could release soon. Geophysicist Stefan Burns reports California's BIG ONE ⚠️ Key Zones of Maximum M7.5+ Earthquake Potential: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uu93w8RP-M ⚠️ Big Earthquake Risk in SF Bay Area is Rising As Earthquake Swarm Continues (Nov 20th 2025 video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHOc7973_Y4 Earth Evolution Store: https://www.earthevolution.com/store ✅ Subscribe to my channel: @StefanBurns Twitter/X: https://x.com/StefanBurnsGeo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefanburnsofficial/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6oYcPs2YFIKHoNrimxaDN5 Research: 2018- Kinematics of the 2015 San Ramon, California earthquake swarm: Implications for fault zone structure and driving mechanisms https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.02.018 Data and Credit: USGS Latest Earthquakes Map: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ Omni Earthquake Calculator: https://www.omnicalculator.com/other/earthquake Cumulative and Daily Seismic Energy Release San Ramon Graphic: https://x.com/StefanBurnsGeo/status/2002418817964912866?s=20 #earth #earthquakes #geophysics #geology #megaquake #space #astronomy #solaractivity #geomagneticstorm #aurora #solarcycle25 #science #earthscience #volcanoes #earthquake #wx #swx #schumannresonance

Top Comments (10)

@oh2887 2025-12-20

Keep an eye on changes in animal behaviour they always know if something is amiss

733 73 replies
@TaraMCali 2025-12-20

Nooooo! I live right exactly there! 😱 We are prepared though. I hope. 😢

440 229 replies
@djdksf1 2025-12-20

Pretty worried right now... Go bag is packed and next to the door and I'm keeping very close tabs on my cat. (I'm in W. Berkeley)😬

249 28 replies
@EMeadow 2025-12-20

High prices... high mortgage rates... high inflation... High property-taxes... High property insurance... Shocking !

247 22 replies
@theoriginalosok 2025-12-20

If anyone living in Cali isn't prepared for a major earth quake at this point, I don't know what to say.

216 33 replies
@IvanIvanov-zx2cc 2025-12-20

Also a new zone in Japan has been unlocked M5.4, M5.2, M5.0 on the coast of the Hokkaido peninsula

204 4 replies
@StefanBurns 2025-12-20

UPDATE 19:00 pm PST, a powerful M3.9 earthquake just struck San Ramon at a depth of 9.6 km. https://x.com/StefanBurnsGeo/status/2002576233604026551 I post A LOT of earthquake updates on my X (Twitter) page in-between videos, make sure to give me a follow there https://x.com/StefanBurnsGeo if you really want to stay on top of this and/or you have a fascination with the Earth and geology as a whole! Not only am I posting updates when notable earthquakes happen, i'm also posting a lot of unique data - either found in interesting research papers or numbers that i've crunched myself that no one else has.

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@karnubawax 2025-12-20

I’ve lived in the SF Bay Area all of my 62 years. And yes we are way overdue. When people say did you feel the earthquake last night, I always say I don’t wake up for anything less than a 4.0… but I was living in the Haight-Ashbury for the 1989 quake and when it happened I thanked God for the wonderful life he gave me because I was SURE I was going to die. Never want to go through that again!

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@melissadye4416 2025-12-20

My family moved from San Ramon after the 1989 quake. Let’s hope these minis help ease the tension in the East Bay!❤😅

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@StefanBurns 2025-12-20

Guys! Randall Carlson had our first podcast together a few days ago! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNuXoXIGnXw it's a fantastic tour de force on comets, 3I/ATLAS, Earth's forgotten geologic history, and our interplanetary & interstellar neighborhood. Go over to his channel and give it a watch, you'll love it! - Stefan

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