5.6 magnitude earthquake struck southern Iran, no causalities reported

On October 21, an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Ritcher Scale struck southern Iran. The epicenter of the earthquake was reportedly at a shallow depth of 2 kilometers in the Hormozgan Province near the cities of Kukherd and Bandar Lengeh. There are no immediate casualties or damage to the property reported. 

Recurring earthquakes

Recently there have been reoccurring earthquakes worldwide. An earthquake recently jolted the southern Philippines on October 16 with a 6.4 magnitude. As per a local Mayor after a house collapsed due to the quake. It was reported that the power cable snapped and a shopping mall burst into flames. The quake was 14 kilometers deep and was succeeded by two aftershocks. Another 4.8 magnitude earthquake jolted central California on October 15. 

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The earthquake came a day after a 4.5 magnitude quake hit San Francisco. The San Francisco Bay Area was rattled by a 4.5 magnitude earthquake on late Monday. The quake was centered near Pleasant Hill, northeast of Oakland, but it was felt widely. Veteran seismologist, Lucy Jones tweeted that the quake occurred in such a section of the San Andreas Fault which previously has had many earthquakes of a similar magnitude. 

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The massive earthquake that hit southern California during the mid-year has increased strain on a major nearby fault, making it move for the first time on record, scientists said on Thursday. Ruptures in the Ridgecrest earthquake sequence in July ended a few miles from the Garlock fault. It runs east-west for 185 miles (300km) from the San Andreas fault to Death valley. The fault has been relatively quiet for 500 years but has now begun expanding slowly, according to a new study.

Zachary Ross, the lead author of the paper and assistant professor of Geophysics at Caltech said that they had been monitoring earthquakes for a long time. The Ridgecrest earthquake sequence was the biggest in two decades in southern California. It started on July 4 in the Mojave desert around 120 miles (190km) north of Los Angeles. After a magnitude of 6.4 foreshocks, there was a magnitude of 7.1 mainshocks the following day, followed by 100,000 consequential aftershocks

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