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California should brace for the 'Big One' – US Geological Survey
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 13:11
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The chances of a major earthquake striking California in the next three decades have gone up, and it is more likely to hit San Francisco than Los Angeles, according to a new forecast from the US Geological Survey (USGS).
Results of the third Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF3), published Tuesday by the USGS, show a seven percent chance of an 8.0 quake – an increase from the 4.7 percent predicted during the previous survey in 2008. The odds of a 6.7 quake, such as the one that hit Los Angeles in 1994 and San Francisco in 1989, have decreased by about 30 percent …. http://rt.com
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