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Article: The ultimate nightmare. (geologists estimate that an earthquake of magnitude 7 or higher will strike southern California before 2015) (Special Report) (Column)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- January 31, 1994
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As tragic as last week's earthquake was for the Angelenos involved, Southern Californians know that the worst may be yet to come. Geologists say there's a 50-50 chance that the `Big One' will strike the southern part of the state sometime in the next two decades, and the source of the jolt may not be the infamous San Andreas fault
As every Southern Californian has heard time and again, the terrible quake known as the "Big One" will emanate from the San Andreas fault, the 650-mile-long rip in the Earth that runs the length of the state and whose southern tip skirts the eastern edge of the City of Angels. But now, geologists and disaster experts believe even ...
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