California shaking
I heard third hand, from a geologist friend of mine that todays earthquake - is the third medium quake in a row, within an interval of a few days, which occured directly on the main San Andreas fault.
May not mean anything, could even be relieving stress build-up (though I'd like to hear that from USGS or Caltech people), or it could be not so good - always waiting for the Big One...
I miss California.
May not mean anything, could even be relieving stress build-up (though I'd like to hear that from USGS or Caltech people), or it could be not so good - always waiting for the Big One...
I miss California.
posted by Steinn at 11:39 PM
3 Comments:
I'm not sure that is right, Steinn -- the quake on Sunday was on the San Jacinto branch, not the main San Andreas, and the one Wednesday was in northern CA, and definitely not on the SA fault. So of the three I think only today's was close to the fault and the San Diego paper is reporting that it wasn't a SA strike-slip earthquake but a thrust quake on a splinter fault.
Or maybe you are right, and the big one will arrive while I'm at Disneyland next week. --steve
I thought the wednesday one was where the SA goes offshore for a bit.
Ah well, never trust geologists, and don't believe what you read on the web...
Nah, I got the details all wrong.
Chinese whispers gets that way, even in science. I'd even looked at the USGS maps and saw that the quakes were on branch faults.
Checked in with my friend, who really does know what he is on about. He is seriously concerned, in that he feels the pattern is consistent with possible slip on the main San Andreas fault.
But I don't want to make that case, not being a geologist and all that. Just wanted to clarify where I was coming from.
And clustering is usually random. Except when in hindsight it isn't.
And, I no longer live in California. Though Hershey is no match to the Magic Kingdom I fear. Enjoy Steve!
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