Earthquake Researchers Discover Dangerous Stress Levels Building Beneath Southern California
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Earthquake Researchers Discover Dangerous Stress Levels Building Beneath Southern California
Scientists modeled a millennium of earthquake history and found unusually high stress accumulating along major Southern California faults. For more than 150 years, Southern California’s most powerful faults have been storing energy deep underground. While the region experiences frequent small earthquakes, geologists know that the largest and most damaging events are separated by long periods [...]
A new physical model suggests that the Cajon Pass fault junction in Southern California exhibits critical levels of tectonic stress, which could influence the propagation of future large earthquakes between two fault systems. The study, led by Dr. Liliane Burkhard, reveals that the accumulated stress in the region is alarming. The physical model reveals the accumulation of tectonic stress. The research analyzed a thousand years of seismic activi…
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