I live in Redding, California, about 3 hours from the northern coast, and last night I felt a slight tremor. I said to my husband, “I think we just had a small earthquake.” He didn’t notice anything, but I was in two major quakes, one of which was the Loma Prieta, and I think I’m super-sensitive! Big quakes are really scary.
We are all looking for signs of the next big one hitting the San Francisco area. It is way overdue historically speaking, and can be expected to be a M10, which would be much more than engineering can compensate for. It isn’t a matter of if, but when. Looking just at the frequency of M6 or greater, the last was 2005, but the difference is that every year that goes by the pressure builds near San Francisco…I doubt even residence there really understand what is inevitably going to happen.
Could be? Another area that routinely gets moderate and larger earthquakes is the south end of the San Andreas, where it crosses the US border and falls into the Gulf of California (Baja). Makes me wonder how much stress has been building up in adjacent areas that haven’t had the same frequency of this type/size eq? One day scientists will have a better handle on eq technology, maybe even to the point where they can somewhat accurately forecast large earthquakes. It would be interesting to see how that could affect the eq insurance industry. But until then, eq insurance is largely a reactive product… more people are willing to pay for it after it happens.
I live in Redding, California, about 3 hours from the northern coast, and last night I felt a slight tremor. I said to my husband, “I think we just had a small earthquake.” He didn’t notice anything, but I was in two major quakes, one of which was the Loma Prieta, and I think I’m super-sensitive! Big quakes are really scary.
We are all looking for signs of the next big one hitting the San Francisco area. It is way overdue historically speaking, and can be expected to be a M10, which would be much more than engineering can compensate for. It isn’t a matter of if, but when. Looking just at the frequency of M6 or greater, the last was 2005, but the difference is that every year that goes by the pressure builds near San Francisco…I doubt even residence there really understand what is inevitably going to happen.
Might want to mention its the most active area in North America for quakes of that magnitude unless someone can name a more active place?
Could be? Another area that routinely gets moderate and larger earthquakes is the south end of the San Andreas, where it crosses the US border and falls into the Gulf of California (Baja). Makes me wonder how much stress has been building up in adjacent areas that haven’t had the same frequency of this type/size eq? One day scientists will have a better handle on eq technology, maybe even to the point where they can somewhat accurately forecast large earthquakes. It would be interesting to see how that could affect the eq insurance industry. But until then, eq insurance is largely a reactive product… more people are willing to pay for it after it happens.