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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. If you want to know whether this is the... by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...'big one' can I suggest posting on a seismologist's forum? /. is populated by geeks who aren't really expert in this field and the only quake they're likely to know about is the one they use to benchmark their graphics cards.

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