Plumas County homeowners are rattled after a series of earthquakes with magnitudes of 4.2, 4.4, and 2.9.
The Belden, California, area was rattled by a magnitude-4.2 earthquake around dinner time on Thursday April 4, 2024, at 6:34 p.m. Pacific Time, according to the United States Geological Survey. Two other earthquakes happened: one within the same minute magnitude-4.4 earthquake and a magnitude-2.9 earthquake at 7:03 p.m.
The shaking was also felt across Twain, Bucks Lake, Butte Meadows, Prattville, Meadow Valley, Stirling City and Chester.
Reports from this earthquake
A homeowner in Chico, California, states:
“Desk shook slightly, a cup of liquid had oscillations of 2 parts. First “wave” was maybe 2-3 seconds and second “wave” was about half a second later for about half the time..”
A homeowner in Oroville states:
“I was actually watching a video of the Taiwan earthquake which just happened and I literally felt my whole bed shake. It was a vibrational type of shake my friend came in I asked did you just feel that and he said “yeah.” What are the odds I’m watching a video of the earthquake in Taiwan and a earthquake happens.”
Did you know that your homeowner insurance policy does not cover earthquake damage?
Given the risk, now is the time to consider how earthquake insurance will provide the protection you don’t get from your homeowners insurance policy:
- According to a recent three-year data sample, an average of five earthquakes with magnitudes between 5.0 and 6.0 occur yearly in California.
- The probability of an earthquake measuring magnitude 6.7 in the next 30 years is 60% in the Los Angeles area and 72% in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Your home equity continues to grow while the risk of a devastating earthquake increases, too. Are you prepared to lose all of your hard-earned equity in an instant? And if you experience a total loss, can you afford to rebuild? Now (not afterward) is the right time to consider your Earthquake Insurance options.
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