BREAKING NEWS California rocked by earthquake felt for 100 miles
California was hit by a 3.3 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday, along a major fault line overdue for a major one.
The US Geological Survey detected the tremor at 9:31am PT outside of Borrego Springs, about 87 miles north of San Diego.
California experiences around 27 to 35 earthquakes per day, but most are very small and go unnoticed.
However, Wednesday's quake was felt by dozens of people who reported weak to light shaking.
The seismic activity comes as scientists warned the Bay Area will soon suffer a devastating earthquake in the next few decades.
Sarah Minson from the US Geological Survey (USGS) said this month that the chances of the long-feared 'Big One' striking San Francisco by 2055 have risen to a staggering 72 percent.
That is because the region sits on top of the San Andreas Fault, an 800-mile-long fault which runs right through the Bay Area, which is overdue for 'The Big One' - a magnitude 7.8 earthquake or higher.
While Minson believes there may be some time left for Californians, USGS disagrees and warns that the first major earthquake will come in just seven years.
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