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San Francisco Fault Lines Dangerously Linked


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Scientists Just Discovered a Missing Link Between San Francisco’s Faults

If you grew up in San Francisco, earthquake drills were just as common as fire drills. This fear of “the big one” is part of California life—especially given the large number of fault zones that underlie the San Francisco Bay Area. And it turns out that the area’s earthquake risk is even higher than once thought: As William Herkewitz reports for Popular Mechanics, scientists have now discovered that two of San Francisco’s most notorious faults are actually one.

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20 hours ago, docyabut2 said:

Its been said for years the big one will hit  Calf but they don`nt really know  for sure.

If I'm not mistaken they do know it will for sure, but they don't know when. 

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On 10/21/2016 at 7:01 PM, Zenith said:

A 7.4 earthquake would be devastating. Not good news.

I lived through the 7.0 Loma Prieta quake, a lot of damage was done, but I wouldn't say devastating. Most building and structures are retrofitted these days..

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