The Kamchatka Peninsula earthquake may not have brought the same devastation as previous shocks, but a far more deadly seismic event is looming for the US West Coast.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck 17 miles west of Petrolia in Northern California on Wednesday.

While California is no stranger to earthquakes, this 6.1-magnitude event was the largest to hit the region since the 1989 Loma Prieta quake that had a magnitude of 6.9.

The quake is the sixth-strongest on record, according to the United States Geological Survey. It’s also the largest since 2011, when a magnitude 9.1 quake shook Japan. FTC issues alert on fake Amazon ...

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