[Skywise]

Quote:California mega-earthquake: fear of the 'Big One?'

New research suggests that a newly discovered 'structure' in the San Andreas fault line could result in a massive earthquake, often referred to as the "big one."

The geological study, written up in the journal Lithosphere, details that there is a 15- to 20-mile-long stretch of the San Andreas fault ‒ called the Durmid ladder structure ‒ that could result in an earthquake with a magnitude of 7 or greater.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/06/2...g-one.html

Full story at link.

The referenced paper is freely available to everyone online at:

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/lit...ations-for

Brian

[Island Chris]

There are some issues and problems with the news item on the scientific article. That the San Andreas could have a M7+ is not new. It can have quakes approaching M8. The probability of a M7+ somewhere along its length is of course high over a period of decades.

I'll post if I read the scientific article.
Chris