LA’s biggest quake threat sits on overlooked part of San Andreas, study says. That may be good

LA’s biggest quake threat sits on overlooked part of San Andreas, study says. That may be good
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LA’s biggest quake threat sits on overlooked part of San Andreas, study says. That may be good

by Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times

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Scientists have pinpointed a long-overlooked portion of the southern San Andreas Fault that they say could pose the most significant earthquake risk for the Greater Los Angeles area—and it’s about 80 years overdue for release.

But there could be a silver lining. If their analysis is right, experts say it’s possible that when a long-predicted and much more devastating earthquake hits, it may not do quite as much damage to the region as some scientists previously feared.