The next Napa earthquake could be much bigger, scientists find

Friday, December 19, 2014 - 07:00 in Earth & Climate

The magnitude 6 earthquake that shook the Napa Valley in August was the strongest the region had felt in more than 20 years. But the next earthquake in the area could be much stronger, according to preliminary research from the University of California, Davis, presented this week at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco.

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