RMS Says $77B in San Francisco Property at Risk from Sea Level Rise by 2100

May 18, 2016

  • May 18, 2016 at 4:55 pm
    Agent says:
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    What is the risk of SF falling into the bay after the next big earthquake?

    • May 19, 2016 at 10:20 am
      confused says:
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      the risk is zero percent. since you apparently can’t ask google the question or click the first link to teach yourself new information, here, let me help you:

      https://www2.usgs.gov/faq/categories/9830/3284

      Will California eventually fall into the ocean?

      No. The San Andreas Fault System, which crosses California from the Salton Sea in the south to Cape Mendocino in the north, is the boundary between the Pacific Plate and North American Plate. The Pacific Plate is moving northwest with respect to the North American Plate at approximately 46 millimeters per year (the rate your fingernails grow). The strike-slip earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault are a result of this plate motion. The plates are moving horizontally past one another, so California is not going to fall into the ocean. However, Los Angeles and San Francisco will one day be adjacent to one another!

      • May 19, 2016 at 2:06 pm
        Rosenblatt says:
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        Hahahaha. All I can think about after reading confused’s reply is:

        Newspaper Tour Guide: And each paper contains a certain percentage of recycled paper.

        Lisa: What percentage is that?

        Newspaper Tour Guide: Zero. Zero is a percent.



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