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June 2015 – LOS ANGELES – When
hi-tech movies are then replicated in life – we see it as a positive
step forwards. However, no-one wants to see disaster movies repeated in
real-life, but it looks like LA may be on the verge of getting the ‘San
Andreas’ treatment. Geologists from UC Santa Barbara have found helium
leaking from the Newport-Inglewood fault in central Los Angeles
increasing the potential damage of an earthquake on the mega city. This
discovery comes after the US Geological Survey warned that the city is
building up to a ‘big one’ in the next 30 years with chances of a
magnitude 8 earthquake hitting the mega-city increasing from 4.7 to 7
per cent.
UC Santa Barbara geologist Jim Boles
was reported by MailOnline saying: ‘The results are unexpected for the
area, because the LA Basin is different from where most mantle helium
anomalies occur. ‘The Newport-Inglewood fault appears to sit on a
30-million-year-old subduction zone, so it is surprising that it
maintains a significant pathway through the crust.’ An earthquake
registering 8 on the Richter scale will produce major damage to
buildings, transport and energy infrastructure…not pretty stuff. All we
need now is a more accurate way to predict these monsters. –Yahoo UK
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