Comments on: Earthquake hitting California in the next 10 years? http://earthquakequestions.com/earthquake-hitting-california-in-the-next-10-years.htm Everything You Want To Know About Earthquakes Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Here, Kitteh Kitteh http://earthquakequestions.com/earthquake-hitting-california-in-the-next-10-years.htm/comment-page-1#comment-13347 Here, Kitteh Kitteh Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:52:39 +0000 http://earthquakequestions.com/earthquake-hitting-california-in-the-next-10-years.htm#comment-13347 The faults there are not likely to be able to generate that much energy under any situation. Geologists are unsure if any existing fault anywhere could generate anything over a 10, That much energy likely requires a bolide impact (like a comet). The scale earthquakes are measured on is logarithmic, so that means an earthquake of the size you are talking about would have about 700 or 800 times the energy (and destructive power) that the recent great quake in Chile had. The faults there are not likely to be able to generate that much energy under any situation. Geologists are unsure if any existing fault anywhere could generate anything over a 10, That much energy likely requires a bolide impact (like a comet).

The scale earthquakes are measured on is logarithmic, so that means an earthquake of the size you are talking about would have about 700 or 800 times the energy (and destructive power) that the recent great quake in Chile had.

]]> By: Anton... http://earthquakequestions.com/earthquake-hitting-california-in-the-next-10-years.htm/comment-page-1#comment-13348 Anton... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:52:39 +0000 http://earthquakequestions.com/earthquake-hitting-california-in-the-next-10-years.htm#comment-13348 I think it's a load of bull... I think it’s a load of bull…

]]> By: meanolmaw http://earthquakequestions.com/earthquake-hitting-california-in-the-next-10-years.htm/comment-page-1#comment-13349 meanolmaw Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:52:39 +0000 http://earthquakequestions.com/earthquake-hitting-california-in-the-next-10-years.htm#comment-13349 actually, from what I've been reading, the earthquake that is expected to hit the US is one located closer to Washington state.... off the coast... another subduction area.... possibly in the next 50 yrs... you must expect that with the pressure being relieved elsewhere, that something else is going to want to move a little, too..... like that one.... actually, from what I’ve been reading, the earthquake that is expected to hit the US is one located closer to Washington state…. off the coast… another subduction area…. possibly in the next 50 yrs… you must expect that with the pressure being relieved elsewhere, that something else is going to want to move a little, too….. like that one….

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