Why LA Has Not Yet Experienced THE BIG ONE
When it comes to California earthquakes, the Los Angeles basin appears to be in a seismic “lull” right now, characterized by relatively smaller and infrequent earthquakes. By contrast, the Mojave Desert is in a seismically active period, suggesting that seismic activity alternates between the two regions. Seismologist James Dolan says, “When we’re having earthquakes in L.A., generally we don’t have as many earthquakes in the Mojave,” meaning that one area’s bad luck might predict a stable seismic period for the other area?and vice-versa.
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