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Newly Discovered Fault Under L.A.

Posted by michael on from the here-i-sit-on-the-head-of-mount-tam dept.

Randolpho writes "Whether you like the city or not, you can't say Los Angeles doesn't have a fault. It does, and it's one of earth-shattering proportions. Geologists have confirmed that LA was built right over a faultline, which they're calling the Puente Hills Blind Thrust System; it runs from northern Orange County through Los Angeles on up to Beverly Hills, and has a habbit of ripping earthquakes as large as 7.5 on the Richter Scale every 10 thousand years or so. And the last one was about 8 thousand years ago."

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  1. so this means we're overdue? by pphrdza · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But seriously, is anyone going to tell us how soon to expect the next big one, or are we just supposed to extrapolate for ourselves?