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San Andreas fault 'locked, loaded and ready to roll' with big earthquake, expert says
Los Angles Times ^ | 5/6/2016 | Ron-gong Lin II

Posted on 05/06/2016 7:42:51 AM PDT by JimSEA

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.

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.

It has been quiet since then — too quiet, said Thomas Jordan, director of the Southern California Earthquake Center.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Science
KEYWORDS: california; catastrophism; earthquake; endtimes; fault; longbeach; sanandreasfault; strikeslipfault
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To: sagar; umgud

More are killed in the U.S. by tornadoes, storms and hurricanes than in earthquakes.


41 posted on 05/06/2016 11:57:42 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Paleo Pete

They will have to bring the structural geologist’s mantra into consideration: “stress - strain - shear”. They are good at telling us what happened but like volcanologists, they haven’t got near term predictions yet. It can be mapped out as to how the current land masses came to be and what it’s likely to look like in 20/40 million years but the day to day is hard to predict in a manner that saves lives. They are definitely working on it though.


42 posted on 05/06/2016 12:03:27 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: dragnet2

It ain’t the earthquake, it is the aftermath and what happens when food and water run out.


43 posted on 05/06/2016 12:04:21 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: JimSEA

Yikes! And they just finished building the new Interstate 15 and 215 overpass merge that seems to be just over this faultline. It’s at the bottom of the Cajon Pass.

Hope they built those bridges to withstand the big one.


44 posted on 05/06/2016 12:09:36 PM PDT by Vision Thing (Vote Trump!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Yep. Then it will be the Late Great State of California, which, by the way, was a fun book to read!

Thanks for the ping!


45 posted on 05/06/2016 12:17:23 PM PDT by Monkey Face (English can be weird: It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.)
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To: Vision Thing
I still remember that poor cop that did the takeoff at the end of the collapsed overpass after the Northridge quake.

On anyoverpass is not the place to be in a big earthquake. There is a structural limit to everything.

46 posted on 05/06/2016 12:23:02 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: dragnet2; umgud

“More are killed in the U.S. by tornadoes, storms and hurricanes than in earthquakes.”

Which year?

Definitely not 1906 or 1811. Those years, the earthquake deaths were hundreds of times greater than the tornado deaths.

The thing with a killer earthquake is that it does not happen for decades or centuries, but — when it does — it catches up with the death count.

It is like a killer asteroid impact. I does not happen, but its risk to your life is greater than the sharks. When asteroid hits, it will wipe out 4 billion people. So, it can happen every 60 million years and still be more risky.


47 posted on 05/06/2016 12:40:01 PM PDT by sagar
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To: Monkey Face

Rummmmmbbbbbllllllle.


48 posted on 05/06/2016 12:49:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv

:o])


49 posted on 05/06/2016 12:52:58 PM PDT by Monkey Face (English can be weird: It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.)
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To: rrrod

A small van will suffice.


50 posted on 05/06/2016 2:54:59 PM PDT by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: rrrod

A small van will suffice.


51 posted on 05/06/2016 2:58:12 PM PDT by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: umgud

I don’t know which would be easiest to survive, an earthquake, a tornado, a massive forest fire or a hurricane. I guess I’ll take a hurricane since I live on the Texas Gulf coast and I really don’t want to move.


52 posted on 05/06/2016 3:12:24 PM PDT by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: sagar

Hello? ...Look at the building codes in the early 1800s and 1906. Get real.

In MODERN AMERICA more are killed in the U.S. by tornadoes, storms and hurricanes than in earthquakes.

This is a fact, whether you agree or not.


53 posted on 05/06/2016 3:16:28 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: JimSEA

When the big one hits, there will be civil disturbances.


54 posted on 05/06/2016 4:25:17 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: doorgunner69; umgud

I’ve lived in earthquake country all my life and been through major events. I never saw anyone starve or die of thirst. What are you talking about?

Again, more folks die in hurricanes, tornadoes and weather related events than earthquakes in modern America.


55 posted on 05/06/2016 4:26:55 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

That will change in the year the big one hits, especially the Cascadia Fault


56 posted on 05/06/2016 4:31:12 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Cold Heart

That is something that’s never occurred and they been saying that for decades. For that matter you could say the same thing about Yellowstone or the new Madrid fault in the Midwest.

Fact is in modern America more folks die in hurricanes, tornadoes and weather related events than earthquakes.


57 posted on 05/06/2016 4:37:08 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

“In MODERN AMERICA more are killed in the U.S. by tornadoes, storms and hurricanes than in earthquakes.”

You forgot to include heart disease, cancer, and gun violence.

All kidding aside, “Modern America” hasn’t faced a 9 magnitude quake hit a populated area. That will make all tornado deaths from the past four centuries look like a traffic accident. Oh and tsunamis are the natural byproduct of massive earthquakes.


58 posted on 05/06/2016 6:08:35 PM PDT by sagar
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To: JimSEA

Raise your hand if you have seen “San Andreas” starring The Rock. :-)


59 posted on 05/06/2016 6:14:02 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: JimSEA

Excellent point. Prediction is getting better but nowhere near ready for prime time yet. As close as they have gotten so far is something is going to happen, but nobody can say whether it will happen next month or next year.

As far as San Andreas, I’m surprised the mother of all earthquakes hasn’t happened already. Same for Yellowstone, it’s a caldera volcano and overdue for a major eruption. I didn’t know much about Yellowstone until recently, but I Wouldn’t be surprised to see San Andreas set off Yellowstone, or the fault in Oregon that started rumbling not long ago. If Yellowstone is triggered by San Andreas, the word disaster won’t even be appropriate any more...


60 posted on 05/06/2016 6:14:17 PM PDT by Paleo Pete (I'm with the bomb squad. If you see me running, CATCH UP!)
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