California Primed for a Big Quake Near L.A.

California Primed for a Big Quake Near L.A.

jonathan.hasson June 20, 2006

Great.  Yet another thing to be concerned about.

The southern section of the fault, which crosses through Palm Springs and San Bernardino, has not experienced a major earthquake in at least 300 years, according to Yuri Fialko of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. As a result, the fault has been stressed to a level where it could unleash an earthquake with a magnitude of seven or greater.

Here’s the link:  California primed for a big quake near L.A. | CNET News.com

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