San Andreas Fault Now 2024. At 10:55am pacific time on january 5th, 2024, a magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred along the junction point of the san andreas and san jacinto fault zones. The lines that bring water, electricity and gas to los angeles all cross the san andreas fault—they break during the quake and won’t be fixed for months.
2024 is likely to surpass 2023 as the warmest year on record. This area last shook with a foreshock in the 1970s, which is what this.