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3. It's been quiet - too quiet

Reply to lovemydog (Reply #1)

Thu May 5, 2016, 02:15 AM

May 2016

Here in the Bay Area, we had a number of moderate quakes on the San Andreas before Loma Prieta in 1989 - and very little since. And the Hayward Fault has been even quieter. I worry that a lot of people have developed a false sense of security.

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