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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. La has a Fault? by BuckaBooBob · · Score: 5, Funny

    naa! Can't be :).. I guess Insurance Companies earthquake Periums will go way up in about 1800 years or so.

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  2. New fault by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So in a way, you could say this is a continental segmentation fault?

    8-)

  3. God damn it! by Ciel · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...so you mean to say that we may have 2,000 years left to wait?

    Argh!

    The wheels of justice turn slowly indeed...

  4. What to do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not American, but as I understand your legal system, the correct thing to do is sue the scientists, right?

  5. You know you've spent too much time online... by GQuon · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..when you read
    Geologists have confirmed that LA was built right over a faultline

    as

    Googlists have confirmed that LA was built right over a faultline

    and thinking

    "What? People can make scientific discoveries by searching the internet?"

    I have to go lie down now.

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  6. Who is to blame? by paranoos · · Score: 5, Funny

    I blame Los Angeles. It's their own fault, after all.