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California fault capable of producing magnitude-7.4 earthquake, study says

An earthquake fault running from San Diego Bay to Los Angeles is capable of producing a magnitude-7.4 earthquake that could affect some of the region's most densely populated areas, according to a study released Tuesday.

The study looked at the Newport-Inglewood and Rose Canyon systems — previously thought to be separate — and concluded they actually form a continuous fault that runs underwater from San Diego Bay to Seal Beach in Orange County and on land through the Los Angeles basin.

The fault poses a significant hazard to coastal Southern California and Tijuana, Mexico, according to the study.

It could produce up to a magnitude-7.3 quake if the offs**** segments rupture and a magnitude-7.4 quake if the ons**** segment also ruptures, according to the study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego.

Even a moderate quake on the fault could have a major impact on the region, according to Valerie Sahakian, the study's lead author.

"This system is mostly offs**** but never more than four miles from the San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles County coast," Sahakian was quoted as saying in a press release from the American Geophysical Union.

The fault's most recent major rupture occurred in 1933 in Long Beach and produced a magnitude-6.4 earthquake that killed 115 people.

The study looked at data from previous and new seismic surveys that included sonar studies of the offs**** fault. Researchers looked at four segments of the fault that were offset — known as stepovers — and found the disconnections weren't wide enough to prevent the entire offs**** section of the fault from rupturing.

Researchers also looked at the ons**** segment of the fault and concluded that there have been three to five ruptures in the past 11,000 years along the northern section and one quake about 400 years ago at the southern end.

Researchers at the Nevada Seismological Laboratory assisted with the study, which was funded by Southern California Edison. It was accepted for publication in the American Geophysical Union's Journal of Geophysical Research.

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This is only one more reason why California will never secede from the United States.  They will want the Nation there to bail them out when the big one hits.  Frankly I wish they would secede as if they did they would insure Conservative/Republican wins from now on for then only uber liberal New York would be left to vote blindly for Democrats no matter who the Democrat running was.  At least George Bush can be thankful Trump was elected in a similar way that Jimmy Carter can be glad that Obama was elected.   Before Trump EVERYTHING was considered (by liberals and Democrats) as being Bush's Fault thus they were going to rename the San Andres  Fault .. Bush's Fault!

Actually, levity (and politics) aside, there is no doubt that there is horrendous potential for unthinkable damage and destruction to happen in a moments time.  You can almost guarantee you one thing though and that is most godless people in this godless area will end up blaming God for what ever eventually happens.  When it does it will take massive assistance and intervention in order to assist those who are trapped and harmed due to this natural event that will surely happen one day.   I have no doubt that there are many beautiful, wonderful places out there to live but there is a price for living in paradise and unfortunately we live in the time that the bill is most likely going to come due. 

The only good thing though that may come from the outrageous regulations and restrictions that California is famous for is that potentially, if they are as smart as they think they are, they can save many from harm that may have been far greater had no prevention measures and restrictions been there in the first place. I'm hoping that given the massive potential damage that could occur from such a massive potential quake that maybe some of those restrictions and regulations may protect many.  They have surely paid a large price for it, in taxes and property values. 

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