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flamingdem

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Sun Mar 30, 2014, 11:42 PM Mar 2014

The Fault That Could Eat LA - ahhhh! [View all]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/18/the-fault-that-could-eat-_n_505137.html

More on this fault and map - this article was written in 2010.. this fault is getting frisky.



Los Angeles Times:

The Puente Hills thrust fault, which appeared to be responsible for Tuesday's predawn magnitude 4.4 earthquake that shook much of the Los Angeles area, is capable of generating earthquakes up to magnitude 7.5 -- massive shakers larger than any in the modern history of the Los Angeles Basin.
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... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2014 #1
Well, we both live kinda far from there flamingdem Mar 2014 #2
Yeah, I noticed the arrows going the other way too, lol! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2014 #3
Well the arrow don't point toward danger. JayhawkSD Mar 2014 #12
My peace of mind was relying on the direction of that arrow! flamingdem Mar 2014 #13
Well I live in San Diego JayhawkSD Mar 2014 #14
So wait abelenkpe Mar 2014 #4
Well... the East part of West Hollywood flamingdem Mar 2014 #5
Yikes! abelenkpe Mar 2014 #6
I heard a new one flamingdem Mar 2014 #7
Bed sounds best abelenkpe Mar 2014 #10
I drove home from Hollywood a couple of hours before the flamingdem Mar 2014 #11
I live right on top of the Sierra Madre Fault. Kablooie Mar 2014 #8
Who knew that Hollywood would be the epicenter flamingdem Mar 2014 #9
I'm just a few miles NE of downtown. cui bono Apr 2014 #15
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