Tremors on southern San Andreas Fault may mean increased earthquake risk
Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 13:49
in Earth & Climate
Berkeley -- Increases in mysterious underground tremors observed in several active earthquake fault zones around the world could signal a build-up of stress at locked segments of the faults and presumably an increased likelihood of a major quake, according to a new University of California, Berkeley, study.
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