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Offline theking

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San Andreas Fault stress hits 1,000-year high, raising quake risk
Tectonic stress along Southern California's San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems has reached — and in some areas exceeded — the highest levels seen in the past 1,000 years, according to new research led by Earth scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Researchers say the system is not showing signs of an imminent rupture, but is operating under unusually high stress in a long-term seismic cycle that could support large earthquakes, including multi-fault events.

The study, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, suggests the region is in a "critically loaded state," with stress building across multiple fault segments. One key area of focus is Cajon Pass, a junction between the two fault systems that may act as an "earthquake gate," either blocking ruptures from crossing between faults or allowing them to link into a single larger event.

Lead author Liliane Burkhard, a research affiliate at the University of Hawaiʻi's Institute of Geophysics and Planetology and scientist at the University of Bern, said the system is highly stressed after more than 160 years since the last major rupture.

"Right now, with stress at historically high levels across the region and more than 160 years elapsed since the last major rupture, the system is in a critically loaded state," Burkhard said.

Like I've said, I checked out the line a few years ago...and took these photos:












White dude tried to scale up between the two plates  ;D:




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Too bad the shift is parallel and not away from each other... If it were shift away we could potentially have a new Wokifornia country  :2funny: :2funny:



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