The California Mega Earthquake; Is it Time for The Big One? Posted: 02 Dec 2021 07:06 AM PST A rare football fish washed up on a California beach, some believe it is a sign of a pending large earthquake—"The Big One." The appearance of mysterious deep-sea fish washing up on the Ring of Fire’s coast have long been considered ominous harbingers for earthquakes. And what do the scientists say? California is about 80 years overdue for “The Big One”, the kind of massive earthquake that periodically rocks California as tectonic plates slide past each other along the 800-mile long San Andreas fault. Overall, the US Geological Survey says there are 31 and 20 per cent probabilities of an earthquake measuring magnitude 7.5, nearly Big One status, occurring in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, respectively… There’s just not great way to know when exactly The Big One may come, according to seismologist Dr Lucy Jones. “I’m surprise we haven’t had it yet — we average 150 years between San Andreas events and it’s been 350 on the southernmost part,” FULL ARTICLE AT:The California Mega Earthquake; Is it Time for The Big One? |
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