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12. Probably not, but they would make people more aware that the faults are there

Reply to hvn_nbr_2 (Reply #8)

Fri May 13, 2016, 09:29 PM

May 2016

Some months before Loma Prieta we had a number of smaller quakes. Very little damage, but as a result I did bolt the bookcases to the wall, and made sure nothing breakable was near the bed. It's just been too quiet in the Bay Area, and with the new influx of residents who've never experienced a big enough quake and don't know what precautions they can take to reduce damage I'm afraid that when we do get a largish one it will be worse due to lack of preparation.

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San Andreas fault is about to crack – here's what will happen when it does [View all] KamaAina May 2016 OP

I remember in 81 my school would have earthquake drills MattP May 2016 #1

I wonder, if it's so loaded and ready to go, why it didn't unload after the 1989 earthquake. thereismore May 2016 #2

That was on the northern section of the fault. KamaAina May 2016 #3

Paradise aka San Diego Protalker May 2016 #4

San Diego is pretty far from the San Andreas KamaAina May 2016 #5

Thanks for relatively good news. Protalker May 2016 #9

temecula shanti May 2016 #10

In a geological scale Lordquinton May 2016 #6

It has been pretty quiet in the High Desert Galileo126 May 2016 #7

I don't think 5.0's would do anything to help hvn_nbr_2 May 2016 #8

Probably not, but they would make people more aware that the faults are there Retrograde May 2016 #12

Every now and then it's nice to live in The Town Where Nothing Ever Happens* LeftyMom May 2016 #11

The thing is part of the fault goes out into the pacific yuiyoshida May 2016 #13

I believe that's the northern section KamaAina May 2016 #14

look again... yuiyoshida May 2016 #15

The one offshore appears to be the northern San Gregorio. KamaAina May 2016 #16

There are three listed off shore from the city yuiyoshida May 2016 #17

The San Andreas is a strike-slip fault and generally doesn't create much of a tsunami Brother Buzz May 2016 #18

Except that the terrain is steep and subject to landslides. hunter May 2016 #19

True Brother Buzz May 2016 #20

That is truly terrifying DesertRat Jun 2016 #21