LOL...i think we knew what ya were going for!
As for the pro...I very much agree.
I watch the maps (USGS) and the charts just about everyday and honestly I don’t think there is ANY indication that it’s ready to go soon.
If we were seeing half a dozen (or even 3 or 4) magnitude 4.5’s out there near the fault every week, then I’d say maybe we should be sweatin bricks.
But it’s just not there.
Historically, I don’t know. Much of the info about quakes here comes from core samples taken in the lakes and bays, and particularly with core samples taken from deep canyons offshore.
The reason is all quakes that are starting to get up there in terms of size, say 7.0 or larger, cause sediments to fall into these deep-water canyons from the sides near the top, and these sediment layers are easily distinguishable from normal ocean deposits.
But I don’t think it can be analyzed in enough detail to show what happened before the 1699 event.
But the 1699 event is there! And most, if not all, of the subduction events have signatures!
I seem to recall the average time between events as being 525 years or so...
Something like that.