[jsanders2001]

Not enough...: )

Needs to be in San Fransisco anyway....

[nuconvert]

2 yrs? Big deal. I think my dog could have made that prediction.
Let us know when they get it down to 2 months

[Steely Tom]

Doesn’t SoCal get a >5.0 quake every couple of months?

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Why is NASA doing USGS work ?
Obviously NASA doesn't have enough to do
Sounds like duplicity to me .

[mountainlion]

I thought USGS was the expert earthquake people and that NASA was the Muslim outreach.

[US_MilitaryRules]

What a joke! 5.0 ‘s are yawners.

[anoldafvet]

Looks like the same people who are predicting weather 100 years from now are also predicting earthquakes.

[Drew68]

On a related note, anyone see San Andreas?

I rented it on-demand the other night. God, what a POS that was. Even the special effects were crap.

Daughter was freakin' hot though!

[NonValueAdded]

Bush’s Fault?

[Calamari]

And in other news; there will be snow in Buffalo, NY sometime this winter.

[Jack Hammer]

When you get up to 8, let me know.

Yawn.

[CyberAnt]

5.0 is nothing .. I’ve been in a 5.1 .. and it was easily survivable. But, the 7.1 was a little scary.

[pfflier]

Wow I wonder how many millions were spent on that prediction? Talk about going out on a limb...

[Ditter]

I’ll bet that the Gulf Coast will be hit by a hurricane too. That wasn’t hard.

[BillyBonebrake]

Wow. A 5.0 in the next 2 years? Those JPL folks are really going out on a limb ... hope they’re well paid for these compelling projections.

[Forty-Niner]

I was born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley. Earthquakes are a yearly event in the greater Los Angeles area.
The Whittier quake was centered under my home. Lifted me up ~ 2 ft. NO damage to house or possessions. My sister who lived only a mile away lost all her dishes, glasses, and wall pictures....go figure! You get used to the shaking....Lolololol

[mad_as_he$$]

Why is NASA involved in home planet EQ predictions?

[minnesota_bound]

Who gets fired if they are wrong?

[ridesthemiles]

I lived in So Calif from 1964 to 1993—29 years.

A 5.0 quake is more of an annoyance than anything else.

Now- get into the 6’s or the 7’s and you have a news story.

[pluvmantelo]

Earthquake Magnitude Scale
Magnitude
Earthquake Effects
Estimated Number
Each Year
2.5 or less
Usually not felt, but can be recorded by seismograph.
900,000
2.5 to 5.4
Often felt, but only causes minor damage.
30,000
5.5 to 6.0
Slight damage to buildings and other structures.
500
6.1 to 6.9
May cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
100
7.0 to 7.9
Major earthquake. Serious damage.
20
8.0 or greater
Great earthquake. Can totally destroy communities near the epicenter.
One every 5 to 10 years