‘Deadliest yet’: San Francisco-area quake faults found to be connected, massive destruction looms

‘Warnings from beneath California are getting grimmer with each passing geological study. A previously unseen fault line has been spotted, doubling the length of existing faults and threatening an even more colossal quake.
The next ‘Big One,’ an earthquake of magnitude 7.0+, is generally expected in the US along the San Andreas line. Many geologists agree that the fault has reached such a level of stress that the new massive quake is a matter of when, not if. In June, large-scale motion was detected along the fault line, creating further panic in cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco.
But the new phantom danger lies in the Bay Area, along two merged faults running parallel to San Andreas.’
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