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Is This The Big One?

Posted by timothy on from the shaky-ground dept.

Quivering Coward writes "There has been a marked increase in seismic activity in southern California in the past several days," pointing to this map from Caltech Earthquake Net, including a 5.2 and 3.6 this morning (2004/06/15). "Could this be the big one? Is 'the big one' ever going to happen? NASA is doing their part to predict the future of Earthquakes."

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  1. Belive it or not... by Repran · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...but a russion scientist actually predicted this would happen.

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  2. Not Southern Cal by sfjoe · · Score: 4, Informative


    Many researchers believe the next major earthquake will be in northern California, not southern California. One reason is that the San Andreas fault 'creeps' in the south, slowly releasing energy (so the theory goes). In the north, the San Andreas is locked and last moved in 1906, when it released all its energy at once, devastating San Francisco.

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