US west coast faults could trigger catastrophic back-to-back earthquakes, study finds
via theguardian.com
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Study shows high-magnitude temblor in north-west could set off another in California, causing unrivaled disaster Warnings about the looming threat of “the big one” – a catastrophic earthquake that could devastate cities – have stoked fears across the US west coast for decades. But according to a new study, a high-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific […]