California Fault Systems Under Record Stress, Raising Earthquake Fears
A new scientific study indicates that Southern California's San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems have reached their highest levels of tectonic stress in a millennium, placing them in a 'critically loaded state' and increasing the likelihood of a major earthquake.
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California’s tectonic systems at highest levels of stress in 1,000 years – study
San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems in ‘critically loaded state’, increasing chance of ‘big one’ quake in future Southern California’s San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems are at their highest levels of tectonic stress in 1,000 years in what scientists describe as a “critically loaded state”, according to a study published earlier this month. “Our results show that stress levels on multiple fault segments are now at or above the highest values seen in the past millennium and that t...
By Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles
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The intertwined San Jacinto Fault is also had a high stress point— potentially leading to a simultaneous rupture affecting millions
By Julia Musto
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