A few weeks ago we discussed the possibility of a large earthquake somewhere along the west coast Should West Coast Residents Be Worried? It appears I am not the only person thinking this.
- San Andreas fault ‘locked, loaded and ready to roll’ with big earthquake, expert says
- Watch what ‘The Big One’ on the San Andreas fault would feel like
A top seismology expert this week reminded Southern California that a major earthquake on the southern San Andreas fault is long overdue. A magnitude-8 earthquake striking the southern San Andreas fault would cause massive shaking across a wide swath of Southern California from Monterey County to beyond the Mexican border. Such an earthquake would be even larger than the 1906 earthquake of San Francisco, a magnitude-7.8 earthquake that became the nation’s deadliest.
Again, these things do not happen in a vacuum. The risk is real, considering the earthquakes over the last few weeks. In other words, if you live along the west coast of North America, as I do, you should at the very least put together an emergency bag/cash. In addition to making sure your earthquake insurance is all set.
