Joel Achenbach's 'The Next Big One'

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The Next Big One

In the magazine “ The Next Big One”, by Joel Achenbach gives details about an earthquake that had happened in the past and it was really bad. The name of the fault of the type of earthquake movement was The Hayward Fault. A long and lethal crack in the earth, slices along the base of the Berkeley Hills and directly through the University of California. Now… Joel Achenbach quotes that “ We understood earthquakes better than we did a century ago, when San Francisco was flattened. Now we would like to predict them.” Which i know that it can't be possible.

It’s been a hundred years since the last big one in California, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which helped give birth to modern earthquake science. They had a highly
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Which generates massive earthquakes every 100 to 150 years. The plate boundary broke of in 2 sections in 1949 - 46. The last earthquake was in 1854, theorized that subduction zone is to relive its accumulated stress. Keiji Doi, Which was and earthquake research institute that lays out entire scenario.

Major earthquakes have hit this world really hard. Such as Pakistan & Kashmir had an earthquake of a magnitude of 7.6 and many died. Many buildings that cost millions and billions are just wasted and were taken down by the massive earthquake. In 1985, 9,500 died of a subduction zone coast of maz old messages, in rocks from pyramid in the ancient aztec legend times to pinpoint the most dangerous faults. And know when they are due to rupture.

I don’t know what scientist know or if they can actually predict an earthquake but i'll just wait till Mr. Rudningen teach me that sooner or later. But i kinda disagree because i have been told that it's extremely hard to find a way to predict an earthquake. I don't think it's possible, unless some random scientist or guy says everyday “ There’s gonna be a huge earthquake today, “ and then one randomly happen as he said it. Maybe that can work as a prediction, but i disagree with the prediction of an

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