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The area is seeing record-breaking levels of stress.
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The ‘earthquake gate’ stopping a San Andreas disaster is under its highest stress in 1,000 years
Record stress along the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults could trigger a major earthquake around Los Angeles.
Stress levels beneath Southern California’s two most dangerous fault systems have climbed to their highest in at least 1,000 years, prompting fresh concerns that the long-feared “Big One” may be drawing closer.
Researchers analyzed 1,000 years of paleoseismic data, or a reconstruction of past tectonic activity.
New research finds the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems are in a “critically loaded” state, with stress levels that could support large earthquakes.
San Andreas Fault earthquake risk hits a 1,000-year high, with a new physics-based model finding stress at record levels on both the San Andreas and San Jacinto systems — and Cajon Pass now aligned in the configuration that precedes cross-fault ruptures affecting Los Angeles,
