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Article: Coping with seismic jitters. (new theory about the cause of earthquakes; includes related article on earthquake prediction in China)
- Article from:
- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- August 17, 1992
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California's earthquakes are causing an upheaval in geologic theory
Southern Californians are growing edgy as they watch for harbingers of the Big One-the legendary earthquake that will someday devastate Los Angeles. Clusters of earthquakes like those that ripped through the Mojave Desert in recent months have histOrically portended huge jolts, and the June 28 Landers quake has even scientists worried: The 7.5 temblor loosened the neighboring San Andreas fault-California's longest and most dangerous - and increased the likelihood that it will lurch sometime within the next 30 years.
Unfortunately, there may be no warning signs to soften the blow of the ...