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Los Angeles faces a dangerous quake debt. (earthquake deficit in Southern California)
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January 21, 1995
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1995 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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With memories of last January's devastating earthquake fresh in their minds, Los Angeles residents may not feel geologically lucky. But they should, suggest results of three new studies.
Judging by the known faults lacing the crust beneath the city, geologist James F. Dolan and his colleagues conclude that Los Angeles has been dodging seismic bullets ever since its birth. Although stress has accumulated steadily under the metropolitan region, the city has suffered no large earthquakes and only two moderate ones in the last 2 centuries, they report in the JAn. 13 Science. In other words, Los Angeles has accrued a quake debt that must eventually come due.
"The basic conclusion ...
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