KCBX s Sophie Lincoln reports.
It’s been more than 100 years since the 1906 earthquake that caused severe damage to San Francisco. Since then, Californians have long-anticipated another ‘Big One’ to hit along the San Andreas Fault.
Based on seismic history and current data on the earthquake cycle, it’s widely anticipated that the next ‘Big One’ will hit Southern California.
According to Cal Poly geology professor John Jasbinsek, since earthquakes do not follow a strict cycle, it’s difficult to predict when exactly an earthquake may hit.
Jabinsek said paleo-seismologists have hypothesized that the next ‘Big One’ along the San Andreas Fault will have a magnitude of around 7 or 7.5, which is slightly less than the 1906 San Francisco earthquake’s magnitude of 7.9.
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