[BenLurkin]

"there are a number of potential scenarios that could play out in the earth’s crust – some of which could look a lot like the catastrophic, magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Turkey and Syria due to similarities in the way those faults are set up compared to California."

[dragnet2]

Trying to imagine 7.8 in the LA area....The looting would go on for weeks...

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Born and raised near one of the BIG Kalifornia fault lines, just bsouth of San Francisco. ‘They’ have been stating ‘The Big One’ since I learned how to hear.

FTA “”mirroring what was seen in Turkey””

Riiiiiiiight, our construction is on par with Turkey? Some of the newer skyscrapers have been built to roll and sway, but not fall (yes, yes, a big enough quake will topple almost anything).

During the 1989 quake I had a grip on a door jam inside the house. When the big wave came through, the house came out of my grip. Crazy.

[Pigsley]

I have insomnia, so listen to a lot of Coast to Coast. A lot of the guest experts think Da Big One is going to be in the middle of USA, the New Madrid fault. That would be right through Missouri... I’d sure the Hell rather be in a little town in Missouri than in Los Angeles in a 7.8!

[mairdie]

Part 1 - San Francisco Earthquake - 17 Oct 1989
https://youtu.be/TgkarfRxta8

Part 2 - San Francisco Earthquake - NBC - 17 Oct 1989
https://youtu.be/OSCCkZVEtRM

Part 3 - San Francisco Earthquake - 17-18 Oct 1989
https://youtu.be/z2hL0UDzvGU

Part 4 - San Francisco Earthquake - 18-19 Oct 1989
https://youtu.be/DMqSiXS5UYw

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“1994 Northridge earthquakes...”

I remember all the flat-as-a-pancake highway overpasses and all the crushed cars and people. :(

I’ve been through a 3.0 when I was living in San Diego in the early 80’s. Knocked stuff off of walls and shelves and moved furniture away from the walls, but I just thought it was a very large truck passing by. I found out later from the Land Lady that it was an earthquake.

[mairdie]

I had a business trip to SF right after the ‘89 quake. I was shown an office where the floor had separated from the walls, just as it was designed to do so that the building wouldn’t collapse.

[SunkenCiv]

Waiting For The Big One | 7:16
Peter Gabriel | 585K subscribers | 58,970 views | December 25, 2014

[Mr. Jeeves]

They have been expecting a 7.5+ quake in the Tejon Pass area, north of L.A. - the effect on those remaining unreinforced masonry buildings downtown would be considerable.

[Libloather]

Not the big one -

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

If there is an earthquake in California, who’s fault is it?

[pfflier]

I've been in some big'uns in the San Diego area and the Easter Quake by El Centro. They were memorable. Because of that I have been watching for patterns on the Cal Tech earthquake site and only see one thing that is really noticeable:

The area of the San Andreas between Parkfield and Maricopa almost never shows any activity, even minor shakes, while areas north and south of there are always rumbling and grumbling.

While looking at other quake activity on the map it seems to pivot around that spot. There seems to be a lot of "equal and opposite" reactions ie a 3.0 at Petrolia followed by a 3.0 by the Salton Sea within a short time.

I have nothing concrete to support the following but I suspect, as an engineer, that there is a lot of potential energy being stored in the area where nothing shows and when it goes it will go with a bang.

[sit-rep]

not too familiar with cali geography... what along the east side of the fault line? I mean if the big one hits and the section of the earth falls into the ocean, what is the wave that fills in the hole gonna crash up against on the new shore line??

[Secret Agent Man]

Why choose? Let them all kick off together.

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[CapnJack]

It's the Big One Lamont!

Elizabeth ... I'm coming to see you!!!

[dfwgator]

Trump’s Fault.

[Yossarian]

I was 22 miles away from the epicenter of the Northridge quake - it felt and sounded like a freight train was running right outside my bedroom window.

[lurk]

It’s California’s fault.