Yesterday, Wednesday afternoon, 4:53 p.m, reports the United States Geological Survey, there was a little shake, rattlin' roll in California. A 5.4 earthquake, below the 6.0 threshold for strong quakes. But enough of a rumbler. The quake struck an area near Palm Springs and the shaking was felt more than 100 miles away throughout Southern California, and rattlin' rolled in LA for nearly thirty long seconds.

Scientists at Caltech, in Pasadena, Calif., said the quake occurred along the San Jacinto fault, not; San Andreas fault, which is also under California. Yes, California has more faults than is widely known. The San Jacinto fault was one of two that was stressed after last April, on Easter Sunday, a very strong magnitude 7.2 struck in Baja California, near the U.S.-Mexico border, causing serious structural damage, and rattled San Diego, enough to cause Carmen San Diego to flee.

There have been / there are a lot of quakes in California. The question on the minds of some, America, is when is the big one coming? And how far away from California will it be safe to flee?