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Dried-up lake may explain why California is ‘overdue’ major earthquake on San Andreas fault

Dried-up lake may explain why California is ‘overdue’ major earthquake on San Andreas fault

These mud hills have been as soon as on the backside of Lake Cahuilla in California

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California is overdue for a serious earthquake on the southern San Andreas fault, which might be as a result of absence of a giant lake that will have triggered previous quakes.

The San Andreas fault runs by means of California for 1200 kilometres, forming the boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. The southern part of the fault, east of Los Angeles, has been abnormally quiet, with no giant earthquakes for practically 300 years regardless of a median hole …

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