Powerful Southern California earthquake triggers fears of the 'Big One'

Powerful Southern California earthquake triggers fears of the 'big one.'

along the southern San Andreas Fault, which slices through California like a scar.

In a tweet prior to the earthquake, Jones said the"real probability" of a monster event is about 2 percent per year or 1/20,000th each day. Seismologists have said that in the next week, there's a 9 percent chance that an earthquake larger than a 6.4 magnitude could reverberate through the region, and an 80 percent chance of one that's at least a 5.0 magnitude.

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