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Why hasn't L.A. seen a big San Andreas quake recently? Researchers find a clue
LA Times via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe receding shoreline of the Salton Sea in the Coachella Valley is seen in April. (Brian van der...
Supershear earthquakes are super powerful, and a lot less rare than previously thought
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNew research finds that violent supershear earthquakes are more common than previously believed,...
California hasn't seen a catastrophic earthquake recently. But 'quiet' period won't last
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe San Andreas fault is capable of magnitude 7.8 earthquakes. Two have occurred twice in recent...
Deadly earthquakes have hit Turkey before: Why there? Could a similar quake strike the US?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRescue workers continue recovery efforts in Turkey and Syria after a devastating series of...
An earthquake the size of Turkey's would bring devastation, death to Southern California
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSuch a quake would be 'so powerful that it causes widespread damage and consequently affects lives...
California faces threat from the type of back-to-back mega-earthquakes that devastated Turkey
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe mega-quakes in Turkey this week showcase how a magnitude 7.8 quake could trigger a magnitude 7.5...
Why some huge earthquakes cause great destruction while others do little damage
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe magnitude of an earthquake isn't enough to determine how much death and destruction it will...
Modern earthquakes in US could be aftershocks from quakes in the 1800s, scientists say
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAftershocks from devastating earthquakes in the 1800s near the Missouri-Kentucky border and in...
List reveals 3,400 San Francisco buildings may face earthquake risk
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA draft list of San Francisco concrete buildings reveals properties that the city says could be...
Is Los Angeles due for another major earthquake?
KTLA articles via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOn January 17, 1994, the ground under Los Angeles violently shook as a magnitude 6.7 earthquake centered in the San Fernando Valley hit the region....