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The San Andreas fault is "locked, loaded and ready to roll" with a major earthquake, the Southern California Earthquake Center's director said this week.

“The springs on the San Andreas system have been wound very, very tight. And the southern San Andreas fault, in particular, looks like it’s locked, loaded and ready to go,” the Southern California Earthquake Center's Thomas Jordan said at the National Earthquake Conference in Long Beach, The Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday.

Jordan said Californians should brace for an earthquake as strong as magnitude 8. 

The last big earthquake to hit the southern California's most dangerous fault line was a magnitude 7.9 earthquake that stretched 185 miles between Monterey County and the San Gabriel Mountains in 1857.

Such an earthquake could cause more than 1,800 deaths, countless injuries, and $200 billion in damage, as well as long-lasting disruptions to sewer systems and other infrastructure, the Times explained.


Mark Benthien of the Southern California Earthquake Center said pressure continues to build as time between earthquakes increases.

A computer simulation at the conference showed the effects of an earthquake stretching from central California to Mexico, CBS Los Angeles reported.

Such a powerful earthquake could last up to three minutes and liquefy soil, according to The Daily Mail.

Even worse, the effects could compound if two fault lines rupture at the same time. 

Julian Lozos, an assistant geophysics professor at California State University, thinks this is what happened in in 1812, when earthquakes occurred on the San Jacinto and San Andreas faults.

"In southern California, much of our infrastructure was built to withstand a rupture of either the San Andreas or San Jacinto faults, but not both at the same time," University of California professor Lisa Grant Ludwig said.

Twitter users shared many concerns about the possible earthquake.


Breaking News at Newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/san-andreas-fault-earthquake/2016/05/05/id/727385/#ixzz47sqedzJI 



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They (scientists) have been predicting a major earthquake along the San Andrea's for the last 30 years.

Yes, it will happen, but it may not be for another 100 years or it could be today. What difference is it going to make?

Living in an earthquake zone is no different than living in the tornado belt. You will get hit sooner or later.

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Oh, I'd much prefer tornadoes over earthquakes.

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Oh, I'd much prefer tornadoes over earthquakes.

Same here!

You can see a tornado coming, most of the time, but not an earthquake.

They do say animals can sense an earthquake though. If they flee, get away if you can. 



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I have been in a few earthquakes, I'm more scared of tornados and ice storms.

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You can take shelter from tornadoes and ice storms. Earthquakes - the ground is moving, there is no shelter.

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You can take shelter from tornadoes and ice storms. Earthquakes - the ground is moving, there is no shelter.

 A lot of people were killed in the tornado in Joplin a few years ago. A lot of people could get to a shelter in time. One kid was sucked out of a truck on the way home.  In modern times more people has been killed in weather related incidents then earthquakes.  



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You can take shelter from tornadoes and ice storms. Earthquakes - the ground is moving, there is no shelter.

 A lot of people were killed in the tornado in Joplin a few years ago. A lot of people could get to a shelter in time. One kid was sucked out of a truck on the way home.  In modern times more people has been killed in weather related incidents then earthquakes.  

 That is lack of preparation - dwellings in high risk areas should all have storm shelters dug in. 

 

I'm not in a high risk area, but my house has a safe room built in the basement - 4 sides poured concrete walls backed up to the earth in the basement with a steel reinforced door. 

 

I know there are some areas that can't do that - but Kansas, etc.?  They could have them.  And trailer parks should be required to.



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In best conditions but sometimes if it happens at night and you out you don't always see it coming. There was a high school graduation that night and it happened real fast.

I think you fear what you don't know. I wouldn't buy or build a house on hillside anywhere but Ca. Has earthquake building codes and that has helped a lot. I get terrified when we get tornado warnings and we have a basement. I worry because my son and his family lives in a modular home. They do have a neighbor who has a basement who they can go to but I still worry.

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In the case of preparedness, most of those highly affected by tornados are in mobile or manufactured homes. They can't afford storm shelters. I'm in the tornado belt. The ground here is mostly red clay or limestone where basements are unheard of. I had never seen one until I visited my aunt in New England.

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Kris wrote:

In the case of preparedness, most of those highly affected by tornados are in mobile or manufactured homes. They can't afford storm shelters. I'm in the tornado belt. The ground here is mostly red clay or limestone where basements are unheard of. I had never seen one until I visited my aunt in New England.

 I think the owners of mobile home parks should be required to put them in for the residents. 



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I've lived through my share of quakes. They usually happened while you're sleeping, like around 3 or 4 in the morning. Back when Sylmar hit, we were advised to stand in your doorway. By the time Northridge hit, it was go under a table, away from windows or mirrors. I'm not sure what they recommend now.

We've had a couple quakes here in VA in the last 5 or so years. One hit while I was in a conference in Williamsburg. I felt it and knew it instantly. Everyone else looked puzzled until I told them what it was. A few minutes later the hotel staff came in and announced what had happened and that there was no reported damage. I asked what it registered at and it was pretty low, by Cali standards.

Then the one hit VA when the boys were about 2 or 3. Yikes. The scary thing about that one was how long it lasted as well as its strength. Usually in Cali, by the time I got out of bed and went to my "safe place", it was over. But this one in VA seemed to last forever. I stayed put for quite a few seconds then decided to go upstairs to protect my napping children and I had time to get up there, and cover them with my body to shield them from the ceiling fan which was swaying and bouncing above them.

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We were eating lunch when the quake hit FNW. It was funny because I had just had dental surgery & was taking antibiotics. I told my boss that the meds were making me so nauseous I was feeling shaky & held up my hand to show her it was shaking. Then boom the quake hit. My boss thought I was going into convulsions & shaking the table. I kept saying that's not me doing that & then it slowly dawned on everyone it was an earthquake. Being from VA none of us knew the protocol for earthquake safety so we all ran outside.

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Not good, Lexxy! Don't go outside! Nooooooooooo!

My DH's dentist's building crumbled. It was on the news. Brick siding came down.

Once it stopped my Cali earthquake survival training kicked in and I went out to check the gas line, etc., cracks in foundation/walls, etc. All was good. They finally re-opened the Washington Monument.

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No frickin' way. I like the ground to stay firmly ground-like.

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Not good, Lexxy! Don't go outside! Nooooooooooo!

My DH's dentist's building crumbled. It was on the news. Brick siding came down.

Once it stopped my Cali earthquake survival training kicked in and I went out to check the gas line, etc., cracks in foundation/walls, etc. All was good. They finally re-opened the Washington Monument.

Yeah we found out later it was a stupid move but we weren't the only ones.  There were a bunch of people standing around in the parking lots.  Never had any earthquake safety training here. 



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LOL. We don't really have any formal training in Cali, just what our parents tell us and what they tell us to do on the news. There was that bomb training we used to get growing up, too, which could be used in a pinch.

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With what money? People that live in these areas are not paying hoa fees for these things. Considering renting a back hoe to dig it, a concrete truck and making it big enough for the 250 people that live there. That would be at least 100000. At least. That's not considering meals ready to eat, water, blankets etc. There is not enough money for that. Sad but true.



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With what money? People that live in these areas are not paying hoa fees for these things. Considering renting a back hoe to dig it, a concrete truck and making it big enough for the 250 people that live there. That would be at least 100000. At least. That's not considering meals ready to eat, water, blankets etc. There is not enough money for that. Sad but true.

They pay lot rent.  And this is one of those things that I think taxpayer money can help with b/c it's for general public safety, just like police and fire service.  Tornadoes are common enough in some places that it should be considered a necessity. 

 

 



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In best conditions but sometimes if it happens at night and you out you don't always see it coming. There was a high school graduation that night and it happened real fast.

I think you fear what you don't know. I wouldn't buy or build a house on hillside anywhere but Ca. Has earthquake building codes and that has helped a lot. I get terrified when we get tornado warnings and we have a basement. I worry because my son and his family lives in a modular home. They do have a neighbor who has a basement who they can go to but I still worry.

 And tornado alley should have tornado building codes.



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With what money? People that live in these areas are not paying hoa fees for these things. Considering renting a back hoe to dig it, a concrete truck and making it big enough for the 250 people that live there. That would be at least 100000. At least. That's not considering meals ready to eat, water, blankets etc. There is not enough money for that. Sad but true.

They pay lot rent.  And this is one of those things that I think taxpayer money can help with b/c it's for general public safety, just like police and fire service.  Tornadoes are common enough in some places that it should be considered a necessity. 

 

 

 I agree that it should be, but it's not. At least in my area. Social services that should be are scarce.



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Always heard California was going to break off and slide into the ocean.

I don't like earthquakes either.



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lilyofcourse wrote:

Always heard California was going to break off and slide into the ocean.

I don't like earthquakes either.

 Well, those people do vote for Nancy Pelosi.....



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Always heard California was going to break off and slide into the ocean.

I don't like earthquakes either.

 I remember when I was a child and a woman who spoke about how bad earthquakes were and it was going to fall into the ocean, she left ca. and got killed either by. Tornado or ice.



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I'd much rather go through an earthquake than a tornado. Earthquakes don't bother me. I'm phobic of tornadoes.

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