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The Big One in California -- Earthquake that is

DoomsDave

By DoomsDave
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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Howdyall:

Kim's post about the 6.9 in SD (actually Baja C) made me a little jittery, but, well . . .

California owes its climate to the fact that the mighty San Andreas has raised those mighty mountains that keep the Evil Continental Air Mass away from us during the winter.

But . . .

We pay a price.

There have been quakes along the SA in 1906 and 1857. That last was before LA became LA as we know today, and it was nasty.

Scuttlebutt among seismologists is that the next Big ONe will be out around Palm Springs. Why? Because there's hain't been a quake there since literate folk 'been keepin' records . . .

The SA runs at the base of the mountains at the north of the Coachella Valley, and oases of PALMS dot the place in a scary striaght line where the fault blocks water and pools it at the surface.

Gonnna be a bad day in Banning, Riverside, San Berdoo, watch out for that collapsing 215-10 intersection . . .

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All true dave.....and when it happens (notice i said "when" and not "if"), you can bet it's gonna be a nasty situation and that it will take a VERY long time to fully recover.

epicure3 Grand Master

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I was having such a great day, and now you have to bring this up. Hopefully, it won't happen for a few centuries. Please.

Coastal San Diego, California

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Actually, as bad as it will be, the damage will mostly be localized, if past experience is any guide.

Which will still suck big time for the unfortunate "locals" . . . .

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Based on the information I've read over time, the longer a fault line goes without a quake, the worse the quake will be when it happens. So hope for small ones to help relieve the pressure gradually instead of the "big one".

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Based on the information I've read over time, the longer a fault line goes without a quake, the worse the quake will be when it happens. So hope for small ones to help relieve the pressure gradually instead of the "big one".

We certainly hope the smaller faults relieve the bigger ones, but experience suggests that they're all separate, and when big one goes, it goes. The problem with the San Andreas is that it's not one straight shot, but a series of locked segments that let go with a bang.

The earth moved laterally in 1906 more than 20 feet places, easily displacing roads, some of which are still visible after more than 100 years.

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Al in Kona Grand Master

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Hey, there have been disastrous earthquakes in a lot of areas of US besides CA. One of the worst took place in 1810-11 on what's called the New Madrid Fault where MO, AK, TN meet. Read about it here: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/gree...arthqeasley.htm

Luckily the area wasn't very populated at the time but it did cause the Mississippi River to flow backwards for a time.

Other bad quakes have occurred in Charleston, SC, then 50 years ago a horrific one in Yellowstone National Park. The one in south central Alaska in 1964 is the second largest earthquake ever recorded in the world.

Read about any of these and you'll realize anything of a magnitude of a 7.0 or less on the Richter scale might be call a small quake!

Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

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