San Andreas fault 'locked, loaded and ready to roll' with big earthquake, experts state!!
Southern California’s section of the San Andreas fault is “locked, loaded and ready
to roll,” a leading earthquake scientist said Wednesday at the National Earthquake Conference in Long Beach.
to roll,” a leading earthquake scientist said Wednesday at the National Earthquake Conference in Long Beach.
The San Andreas fault is one of California’s most dangerous, and is the state’s
longest fault. Yet for Southern California, the last big earthquake to strike the
southern San Andreas was in 1857, when a magnitude 7.9 earthquake ruptured
an astonishing 185 miles between Monterey County and the San Gabriel
Mountains near Los Angeles.
longest fault. Yet for Southern California, the last big earthquake to strike the
southern San Andreas was in 1857, when a magnitude 7.9 earthquake ruptured
an astonishing 185 miles between Monterey County and the San Gabriel
Mountains near Los Angeles.
It has been quiet since then — too quiet, said Thomas Jordan, director of the
Southern California Earthquake Center. FULL ARTICLE AT: http://nevswatchers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/the-san-andreas-fault-is-locked-loaded.html
Southern California Earthquake Center. FULL ARTICLE AT: http://nevswatchers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/the-san-andreas-fault-is-locked-loaded.html
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