Southern California has been experiencing an earthquake drought, scientists say

Southern California is earthquake country. But if you’ve lived in the area for the last couple of decades, you might not know it.
Despite Thursday’s wake-up call 6.4 magnitude in a remote desert area north of Barstow and about 25 miles northeast of the town of Ridgecrest, Southern California has been experiencing an earthquake drought, scientists said Thursday.
The relative inactivity did not go unnoticed by one high-profile expert on California’s shakers.
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