san andreas fault
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Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake In Southern California Is Second Major Quake In Two Days
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck southern California on Saturday at around 1:19 pm, with a reported epicentre around 16km to the northeast of the town of Ridgecrest—the second major quake to hit the region in two days.
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‘Double-Fault’ Earthquake Could Devastate Southern California
A geophysicist in California says the San Andreas fault could be triggered into rupturing by the smaller San Jacinto fault nearby, causing a single devastating earthquake. Such a “joint rupture” may have happened before — and it could very well happen again.
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Another Reason For California To Be Scared: Earthquake Storms
Worrying about the Big One is so passé. What you should really be worried about are the Big ONES. Yep: chances are, it won’t be a single large earthquake that takes California out, it will be multiple, large earthquakes. Or perhaps you’d prefer to use the official Sharknado-esque term: “earthquake storms.”