Sierra Nevada faults pose major quake risk, study finds

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 11:02 in Earth & Climate

Two faults potentially hold the threat of major earthquakes for communities in the eastern flank of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the western United States, recent studies of the area have found.

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