The San Andreas Fault is overdue for an earthquake that could devastate California. Researchers studied small earthquakes near it found they 'move in a different way than expected.'
Students drop, cover and hold on during the region-wide simulation of an expected catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake on the San Andreas Fault in 2008.The San Andreas Fault is long overdue for an earthquake that could devastate California.
The findings come as a leading earthquake scientist reiterates that a huge earthquake is"an inevitability" and could happen at any time. While these earthquakes move differently to how a big earthquake along the San Andreas Fault would, the new findings come as scientists repeat longstanding warnings about theThe data cannot be used to predict when this big earthquake will hit, the researchers warned, but they hope to keep staying smaller earthquakes to learn how the fault is loaded.
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