A String Of Earthquakes Off The West Coast Of The Us Are Detected Miles From The Cascadia Fault, Where Scientists Warn ‘The Big One’ Could Be Poised To Hit At Any Time

A series of earthquakes have shaken a region of ocean off the west coast of the US.

Scientists have detected a cluster of 11 earthquakes, ranging in magnitude from 2.8 to 5.6 on the Richter scale.

The cluster occurred on the seabed at the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate, around six miles (10km) underwater.

This plate forms part of the Cascadia subduction zone, which runs from Northern California to British Columbia.

Previous studies have warned this geological spot of weakness has the potential to deliver an earthquake much stronger than the infamous San Andreas fault.

Seismologists say a full rupture along the 650-mile-long (1,000 km) offshore fault could trigger a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and an accompanying tsunami.

A series of earthquakes has shook a region of ocean off the western coast of the US. Ten earthquakes were detected, ranging in magnitude from 2.8 – 5.6 on the Richter scale

The latest spate of earthquakes were clustered some 126 miles (203 km) off the coast of Crescent City, in California.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has not issued a warning over the recent shakes, stating that they do no pose a risk of a tsunami.

Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center, said quakes of this calibre are not serious, and occur fairly often off the coast

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