California, USA \u2013 A strong earthquake shook several areas of Southern California early Monday morning ,<\/p>\n
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alarming residents and highlighting the seismic vulnerability of this region of the country.<\/p>\n
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The quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said had a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 , was centered in an area where major tectonic plates meet , explaining its intensity and destructive potential.<\/p>\n
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Although no casualties or serious structural damage have been reported, several schools have suspended classes as a precaution, and emergency teams are inspecting key infrastructure such as bridges and hospitals.<\/p>\n
An active seismic zone California, USA \u2013 A strong earthquake shook several areas of Southern California early Monday morning , alarming residents and highlighting the seismic vulnerability of this region of the country. The quake, which...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6224,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6223\/revisions\/6224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe epicenter of the earthquake was located near the intersection of the Pacific and North American tectonic plates , specifically in the San Andreas fault system , one of the most studied and feared in the world. Read more below<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"