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  • November drill ["The ShakeOut Scenario"] imagines frightening quake

    07/02/2008 1:05:13 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 15 replies · 101+ views
    VALLEY PRESS ^ | Wednesday, July 2, 2008.
    It's only a drill - but the earthquake-simulation plan set for November will illustrate a frightening event that would rock our world if it becomes a reality. The ShakeOut Scenario calls for a 7.8 Southern California earthquake that would "kill 1,800 people, injure 50,000, cause $200 billion in damage, and have long-lasting social and economic consequences," according to a U.S. Geological Survey news release. Science predicts the strongest shaking and greatest damage from such a quake would occur near the stretch of the San Andreas Fault that extends through the fastest growing areas of Southern California - including the Coachella...