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California ‘super overdue’ for major earthquake, geophysicist warns
California ‘super overdue’ for major earthquake, geophysicist warns
Stefan Burns, the geophysicist who predicted the Colombia earthquake, has warned that California is 'super overdue' for a major seismic event. He told a YouTube livestream that Southern California is especially vulnerable,…
The Story in Brief
Stefan Burns, the geophysicist who predicted the Colombia earthquake, has warned that California is 'super overdue' for a major seismic event. He told a YouTube livestream that Southern California is especially vulnerable, following a 7.4 magnitude quake that struck El Cairo on Monday, killing over 200 people, and two quakes in Venezuela on June 24 that killed over 6,000, as per NY Post's report quoted by Hindustan Times. Burns said the risk period is six months to a year. Separately, a Caltech study by Dr Lucy Jones revived fears of a catastrophic rupture along the San Andreas fault, which could produce nearly two minutes of intense shaking.
The Indian Opinion
These warnings feed a familiar alarmist narrative around 'overdue' quakes, but earthquake prediction remains unreliable. Burns's hypothesis that distant tremors can 'load' faults is speculative. The San Andreas scenario is one plausible model, not a forecast. Instead of panic, the real test is whether California sees increased seismic activity in the next six months, as Burns claims. If it stays quiet, the hype will have been just that.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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