Posted on 01/05/2016 6:09:16 AM PST by snarkpup
Two of the most dangerous fault lines in the United States could be connected below California and will cause a catastrophic earthquake if they rupture together, a scientist has warned.
The Hayward Fault, the most populated in the world, and the Rodgers Creek Fault are believed to be linked underneath the San Pablo Bay.
Their connection has been debated for years but, as a result of the discovery, residents have been warned to brace themselves because the results would be devastating if they were to crack together.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
20 years ago, I moved to Fremont, CA for my first real job and got an apartment on Fremont Blvd. About a month after I moved, the San Jose Mercury News had a color-coded graphic on the front page of their Local section showing the level of shaking that would occur if a long-overdue earthquake on the Hayward Fault happened.
My apartment was in a black spot. I was right over the fault. My office was also in black because it was located on “fill.”
Yeah, but....NO tornadoes!! :-)
But they do have 100 hour downpours and storms that last for six weeks. And while I was there they once had 100 mph winds in Sausalito.
The second most. The first is under the Mississippi River.
“Two of the most dangerous fault lines in the United States”
Obama and Hillary?
They both have MANY faults... and they are very dangerous.
Bye bye Bohemian Grove.
How can we blame fracking and Global Warming for this?
Pfft... I’m worried about the KILLER BEES!
The 1994 Northridge earthquake exposed many neighborhoods that had homes built on ‘cut and fill’ or just ‘fill’. Our home was built on rock and sustained just cosmetic damage. When we bought our next home, I went to the County Clerk’s and looked up the house to see if there had been any reconstruction permits pulled for it after the ‘94 quake. It was safe and we bought it. The odd things is, you can have one side of the street built on only ‘cut’ (leveling of the rock base) and the other side of the street built on ‘cut and fill’ (leveling the rock and filling in where there isn’t rock). The other side of our street had lots of damage......people who buy in California need to know how to evaluate the houses for sale before they buy one that will surely sustain much damage or topple in even a moderate quake.
Bye Costal Cal. DLTDHYOTWO
The East Bay hills are made of shale and clay. Very expensive houses with amazing views cling to the hillsides like a fungus. The flats along the Bay are on fill that will definitely be subject to liquefaction. The numero uno disaster scenario is if this baby lets go during winter with that material fully saturated. It would be a total mess.
With some alarmist press releases, some firm comments from the White House, and a number of large tax increases, I’m sure we can find a way to prevent earthquakes from happening...just like we can do the same to keep the climate form changing.
Ever hear of soil liquification?
Maps: Tornadoes in California Aren’t as Rare as You Might Think
http://thevane.gawker.com/maps-tornadoes-in-california-arent-as-rare-as-you-migh-1670728375
After reading this article, I went to a Landers Earthquake site. Amazing photos of slip fault damage. I was in Northridge and remember the rolling of our house during the Big Bear quake that occurred that same morning in 1992.
If that baby had been in a populated area like the Bay Area, it’s hard to imagine the effects.
Bush’s Fault?
~~The second most. The first is under the Mississippi River.~~
If the New Madrid let loose today like it did in 1811 this country would descend in to an economic depression.
I thought the two worst fault lines meeting in California were Progressivism and massive government debt.
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