California's other drought—a major earthquake is overdue

[rangerrebew]

California's other drought—a major earthquake is overdue
January 30, 2018 by Richard Aster, The Conversation
 

California earthquakes are a geologic inevitability. The state straddles the North American and Pacific tectonic plates and is crisscrossed by the San Andreas and other active fault systems. The magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck off Alaska's Kodiak Island on Jan. 23, 2018 was just the latest reminder of major seismic activity along the Pacific Rim.

Tragic quakes that occurred in 2017 near the Iran-Iraq border and in central Mexico, with magnitudes of 7.3 and 7.1, respectively, are well within the range of earthquake sizes that have a high likelihood of occurring in highly populated parts of California during the next few decades.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-california-droughta-major-earthquake-overdue.html#jCp

[truth_seeker]

Yes quakes are inevitable and major damage is highly likely near fault lines.

I am very close to the "Newport-Inglewood" fault, which is one of several main "transverse" faults perpendicular to the San Andreas Fault line.