Earthquake season in Cali?
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Anonymous
| No one calls it Cali by the way, just idiots from the east coast. |
Anonymous
Different SoCal poster here. I actually find it kind of cute. Way better than when they say San Fran! |
Anonymous
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Native Californian. Can't stand either Cali or San Fran.
And I think OP is confusing the idea of an earthquake "season" (fiction) with the fact that earthquakes happen in clusters. |
Anonymous
But they were not M>8. The largest was 7.5 (New Madrid). Charseton was probable about a 7.0. These are estimates based on felt areas and reported shaking calibrated to more recent instrument recorded earthquakes. |
Anonymous
| We are thinking of moving to Palos Verdes area. Does the seismologist know the risk there? Long time East Coasters so not very familiar with earthquakes. |
Anonymous
Seismologist here. Any area in SoCal that is higher than surrounding regions most likely is underlain by thrust faults. Something is causing the ground to pop up, and that something is tectonic stresses, which is the source force for earthquakes. With that said, earthquakes are relatively rare and, with proper construction and proper preparation, you should be ok. Personally, I do not let earthquake hazard define where I live. (Easy to say when I live in Northern VA). |
Anonymous
I agree with not letting earthquake hazard defining where you live, but I grew up in Alaska and boy do I not miss all the earthquakes! |