A lot of people are tweeting about a MAJOR EARTHQUAKE WARNING for Southern California over the next few days. Except it's a hoax. You can't predict earthquakes, idiots.
An earthquake's coming! Junk DNA is mutating! The moon was shrinking! Happiness is thinking! Active cities are slimming! A galactic volcano's exploding! And the ocean is dying! It's your Friday Science Watch, where we watch science—until it collapses, inevitably!
Remember that Easter earthquake in Baja California? NASA now says the earthquake physically moved the border city of Calexico 2.5 to the south. It's actually not that much: The Chile earthquake moved the city of Concepcion 10 feet west. [AP]
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit southern California and northern Mexico at 3:30 this afternoon, local time. The quake's epicenter was 108 miles east of Tijuana in Baja California. The quake was felt throughout the LA area, and there have been scattered reports of damages. [NYT]
If all the earthquakes lately have you worrying that the Mole Gods are angry and the world is maybe ending, there there. Science has just patted our heads and reassured us that everything is normal. It's all just coincidence!
The Desarmes family survived the Haitian earthquake and sought refuge in Chile, where Haitian-borne Reggaeton singer Pierre Desarmes lives. Bad idea. Thankfully, they all survived both earthquakes, but it's been a real mindfuck.
Immediately following the earthquake in Chile, Hawaii was put on high-alert due to the threat of a tsunami. Watch as a group of beach-goers in Hawaii spot the tsunami, and flee in terror.
So, maybe you heard that Chile is slightly shaken up as of this morning. An 8.8 earthquake some are noting as "100 times more powerful" than Haiti's hit this morning. Damage and deaths are still being assessed. Meanwhile, in Hawaii: