Los Angeles Times :: 'Pregnant' San Andreas Could Be Ready to Deliver
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> "I am interested in those other faults, but the San Andreas
> is the only one capable of producing a magnitude 8 earthquake,"
> said McGill, who stashes bottled water under her desk, just in
> case. "I would expect a 7 here, or a 7.5. A 7.9 is possible."
>
> A 7.9 would release about 65 times the energy of the 6.7
> Northridge quake, which killed 57 people and caused $40 billion
> in damage.

Investment tip : buy property after big one

[A friend working as an economist in London concurs: "Definitely agree w/your trade rec. A big one will seriously reduce risk of another big one from occurring for a few decades. You want to buy around the epicentre following a quake. Morbid, yet investor savvy all the same."]
posted by Tomohiro Idokoro @ 8:33 AM

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