question on earthquake in california?
Jan 07, 2010
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Earthquake Questions
hi
is it true that california is expecting a big earthquake sometime next month..based on the predictions made by meteorolgy dept
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2 comments
tigger on January 7, 2010 at 3:53 am
The last article I read about a month ago, showed predictions for California for the next 30 years. According to the new computer programs, there is a "higher" probability of a larger magnitude earthquake in southern California. The study I read, and cannot seam to find now, mentioned the individual faults and the percent of chance for each fault having a large quake. The highest percent was somewhere around 20% for the san andreas fault that goes through Los Angeles.
Mama Bear on January 7, 2010 at 3:53 am
If those are the same people who said that half of California would slide into the ocean before 1985, don’t hold your breath.
It can and may happen, but there is no way to predict when something will fall or start to fail, it isn’t like cloud formations or low pressure fronts.
It probably just goes by seismic activity (underground vibrations) which come and go all the time everywhere in the world.