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Wednesday, August 14, 2024

"Seismologist warns of increasing earthquake activity in Southern California"



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"The most constant feature of earthquakes is the relative number of large to small," she said. "For every magnitude seven, you have 10 magnitude sixes, 100 magnitude fives, 1,000 magnitude fours, etc. So, if your rate of [magnitude] fours goes up, your chance of having a bigger one would go up by about the same amount."