- Thu May 05, 2016 8:09 am
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Southern California’s section of the San ******* fault is “locked, loaded and ready to roll,” a leading earthquake scientist said Wednesday at the National Earthquake Conference in Long Beach.In order for it to be America first, some parts of America may need to feel some pain to be brought in line.
The San ******* 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 ******* 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.
A 2008 U.S. Geological Survey report warned that a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the southern San ******* fault would cause more than 1,800 deaths, 50,000 injuries, $200 billion in damage and severe, long-lasting disruptions. Among the predicted problems: The sewer system could be out of commission for six months.
