Earthquakes and The San Andreas Fault

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MATTHEW 24 VERSES 1 TO 8 AND

EARTHQUAKES IN DIVERS PLACES
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him
for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There
shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately,
saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy
coming, and of the end of the world?
4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all
these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall
be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8All these are the beginning of sorrows.
The San Andreas Fault
 David K. Lynch, PhD, geology.com
 QUOTE : “......The San Andreas Fault is the sliding boundary

between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. It slices
California in two from Cape Mendocino to the Mexican border.
San Diego, Los Angeles and Big Sur are on the Pacific Plate. San
Francisco, Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada are on the North
American Plate. And despite San Francisco’s legendary
1906 earthquake, the San Andreas Fault does not go through the
city. But communities like Desert Hot Springs, San Bernardino,
Wrightwood, Palmdale, Gorman, Frazier Park, Daly City. Point
Reyes Station and Bodega Bay lie squarely on the fault and are
sitting ducks. .....”.UNQUOTE.
 http://geology.com/articles/san-andreas-fault.shtml
“...Myths and legends of San Andreas
Faultline...” ????
 David K. Lynch, PhD, geology.com :
 QUOTE : “.... The hallmark of the San Andreas Fault is the different rocks on
either side of it. Being about 28 million years old, rock from great distances have
been juxtaposed against rocks from very different locations and origins. The
Salinian block of granite in central and northern California originated in Southern
California, and some even say northern Mexico. Pinnacles National Monument in
Monterey County is only half of a volcanic complex, the other part being 200
miles southeast in Los Angeles County and is known as the Neenach Volcanics.
There are many myths and legends about the San Andreas Fault, the biggest
being that it will one day crack and California will slide into the sea. WRONG! It
won’t happen and it can’t happen. Nor is there any thing such as “earthquake
weather” or preferred times of day when earthquakes hit.....”.UNQUOTE.
 http://geology.com/articles/san-andreas-fault.shtml
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
 Sandra S. Schulz and Robert E. Wallace ,USGS :
 QUOTE: “.... The presence of the San Andreas fault was

brought dramatically to world attention on April 18,
1906, when sudden displacement along the fault
produced the great San Francisco earthquake and fire.
This earthquake, however, was but one of many that
have resulted from episodic displacement along the fault
throughout its life of about 15-20 million
years.....”.UNQUOTE.
 http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/safaultgip.html
“..The Pacific Plate and the North
American Plate...”
 QUOTE : “.... Scientists have learned that the Earth's crust is fractured into a
series of "plates" that have been moving very slowly over the Earth's surface for
millions of years. Two of these moving plates meet in western California; the
boundary between them is the San Andreas fault. The Pacific Plate (on the west)
moves northwestward relative to the North American Plate (on the east), causing
earthquakes along the fault. The San Andreas is the "master" fault of an intricate
fault network that cuts through rocks of the California coastal region. The entire
San Andreas fault system is more than 800 miles long and extends to depths of at
least 10 miles within the Earth. In detail, the fault is a complex zone of crushed
and broken rock from a few hundred feet to a mile wide. Many smaller faults
branch from and join the San Andreas fault zone. Almost any road cut in the zone
shows a myriad of small fractures, fault gouge (pulverized rock), and a few solid
pieces of rock.....”. UNQUOTE.
“....The Seismic Gap and the San Andreas
Fault ...”
 QUOTE : “.... Along the Earth's plate boundaries, such as the San Andreas fault,
segments exist where no large earthquakes have occurred for long intervals of
time. Scientists term these segments "seismic gaps" and, in general, have been
successful in forecasting the time when some of the seismic gaps will produce
large earthquakes. Geologic studies show that over the past 1,400 to 1,500 years
large earthquakes have occurred at about 150-year intervals on the southern San
Andreas fault. As the last large earthquake on the southern San Andreas occurred
in 1857, that section of the fault is considered a likely location for an earthquake
within the next few decades. The San Francisco Bay area has a slightly lower
potential for a great earthquake, as less than 100 years have passed since the great
1906 earthquake; however, moderate-sized, potentially damaging earthquakes
could occur in this area at any time. ....”.UNQUOTE.
“...Seismic Activity Precedes an
Earthquake...”
 QUOTE: “...A great earthquake very possibly will not occur unannounced. Such an
earthquake may be preceded by an increase in seismicity for several years, possibly
including several foreshocks of about magnitude 5 along the fault. Before the next large
earthquake, seismologists also expect to record changes in the Earth's surface, such as a
shortening of survey lines across the fault, changes in elevation, and effects on strainmeters
in wells. A key area for research on methods of earthquake prediction is the section of the
San Andreas fault near Parkfield in central California, where a moderate-size earthquake
has occurred on the average of every 20-22 years for about the last 100 years. Since the last
sizeable earthquake occurred in 1966, Parkfield has a high probability for a magnitude 5-6
earthquake before the end of this century and possibly one may occur within a few years of
1988. The U.S. Geological Survey has placed an array of instruments in the Parkfield area
and is carefully studying the data being collected, attempting to learn what changes might
precede an earthquake of about that size.....” .UNQUOTE.
“...Prediction of Earthquakes to assess and
minimize their hazards....”
 QUOTE: “... A major program aimed at learning
how to predict earthquakes and to assess and
minimize their hazards was initiated following
the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977
and is being carried out by the U.S. Geological
Survey, other Federal Agencies, universities, and
private groups.....”.UNQUOTE.
 http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/safaultgip.h
tml
Hazards Reduction Act of 1977
 QUOTE: “.... The Congress finds and declares the following :
 (1) All 50 States are vulnerable to the hazards of earthquakes, and at least 39 of them
are subject to major or moderate seismic risk, including Alaska, California, Hawaii,
Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, South
Carolina, Utah, and Washington. A large portion of the population of the United
States lives in areas vulnerable to earthquake hazards.
(2) Earthquakes have caused, and can cause in the future, enormous loss of life,
injury, destruction of property, and economic and social disruption. With respect to
future earthquakes, such loss, destruction, and disruption can be substantially
reduced through the development and implementation of earthquake hazards
reduction measures, including (A) improved design and construction methods and
practices, (B) land-use controls and redevelopment, (C) prediction techniques and
early-warning systems, (D) coordinated emergency preparedness plans, and (E)
public education and involvement programs.
(3) An expertly staffed and adequately financed earthquake hazards reduction
programs, based on Federal, State, local, and private research, planning,
decisionmaking, and contributions would reduce the risk of such loss, destruction,
and disruption in seismic areas by an amount far greater than the cost of such
program......”.UNQUOTE.
“...Important earthquake research and
publications done in the late 1880’s...”
 QUOTE : “... Before the 1964 Alaska earthquake, there was little awareness of
the earthquake hazard in the United States. A $2 million proposal to study
the San Andreas Fault Zone in the early 1960's got nowhere. However, some
important earthquake research and publications were done by several USGS
authors beginning in the late 1880s.
 After the 1964 Alaska earthquake, many USGS scientists participated in
investigations, and the USGS produced 30+ articles in USGS series and
outside journals. Two types of reports were produced - those that reported
on the earthquake itself, and those that recommended federal responses to
potential future earthquakes. The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, which was
to eventually become the USGS, produced a report on the earthquake also,
which led to follow-up proposals, which eventually led to the National
Earthquake Hazards Reduction (NEHR) Act of 1977...”.UNQUOTE.
 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/aboutus/history.php
“...National Earthquake Reduction Act.1997
implemented in 1978...”
 QUOTE :”.... in 1977 the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Act was passed, and
now an implementation plan had to be written, which was completed in 1978, and the
NEHRP was finally underway. After each major urban earthquake, big policy changes
still take place.
 During the 1950s, the USGS participated in a program using the seismic signals from
underground explosions, Soviet nuclear tests, to learn of the Earth's crust. This
knowledge was important in the interpretation of the underground explosion signals.
This successful project was phased out and the study of natural seismic events,
earthquakes, was phased in. The Denver group involved in the previous project
moved to Menlo Park, CA, a location in a state with plentiful earthquakes, where the
National Center for Earthquake Research began. The name was changed to the Office
of Earthquake Studies, and currently, the National Earthquake Hazards Program.
 The USGS Earthquake Hazard Program is funded by the NEHRP money and also
from other sources. NEHRP began with about $60-70 million each year (and inflation
has slowly eaten away at it), about half of that going to the USGS.....”.UNQUOTE.
 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/aboutus/history.php
“....San Andreas Fault's soft spot found, and it's clay....”
 By Katharine Gammon ,30TH March,2011, Our Amazing Planet :
 “... New data from a deep borehole that crosses the San Andreas Fault shows
that the monster earthquake-maker has a soft center – and it's made of clay.
This is the first time researchers have been able to rule out other reasons for
the San Andreas' unusual behavior in part of California.
 At the north and south, the San Andreas Fault is locked up — prone to
earthquakes near San Francisco and Los Angeles. However, near Parkfield,
Calif., about 200 miles northwest of Los Angeles, the fault is creeping, or
moving slowly.
 "This is a special part of the San Andreas Fault," said U.S. Geological Survey
scientist David Lockner, an author of a new study on the fault. "It seems
weak enough that it slides slowly and continuously, rather than in a jerky
motion.“....UNQUOTE.
 http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/san-andreas-fault-weakness-found-cla
ys-1311/
“...Nanocoatings of clay and creep of the San
Andreas fault at Parkfield, California...”.
 By Katharine Gammon ,30TH March,2011, Our Amazing Planet :
 QUOTE : “.... The stuff the researchers brought up from below the ground
confirmed that the area was indeed a weak spot in the fault.
 Lockner said that there are many mechanisms that can cause weakness — from
pore fluid pressure that lubricates rock to frictional heating (the warming that
occurs when material rubs together) to slippery materials. The reason for weakness
on this part of the San Andreas? Weak clays, especially a magnesium-rich clay
mineral called saponite.
 Using the clays they found in the San Andreas, the researchers were able to re-
create in the lab the constant sliding that goes on in the weak part of the fault.
 Lockner said this new research, detailed online March 23 in the journal Nature, is
just part of a large, international effort to better understand the
mechanisms that cause earthquakes.
 "This is one part of a broad effort to understand the properties of the San Andreas
system. While we're concentrating on the lab measurements, there are others
working on field measurements," he said. All of the information will help
seismologists better grasp what is controlling earthquakes, from the inside out....”.
UNQUOTE.
 http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/san-andreas-fault-weakness-found-clays-131
1/
“...Earth Seismic Activity has increased..”
 LiveScience Staff
 Date: 09 March 2010 Time: 05:15 AM ET
 QUOTE : “.... Earth has been more seismologically active in the past 15
years or so, says Stephen S. Gao, a geophysicist at Missouri University of
Science & Technology. Not all seismologist agree, however.
.... San Francisco is moving toward Los Angeles at the rate of about 2
inches per year — the same pace as the growth of your fingernails — as
the two sides of the San Andreas fault slip past one another. The cities
will meet in several million years. However, this north-south movement
also means that despite fears, California won't fall into the sea.....”.
UNQUOTE.
 http://www.livescience.com/6187-13-crazy-earthquake-facts.html
“..the sun and moon cause tremors..”
 LiveScience Staff
 Date: 09 March 2010 Time: 05:15 AM ET
 QUOTE :”... There are about 500,000 earthquakes a year around the world, as
detected by sensitive instruments. About 100,000 of those can be felt, and 100 or so
cause damage each year. Each year the southern California area alone experiences
about 10,000 earthquakes, most of them not felt by people.
 ... The sun and moon cause tremors. It's long been known that they create tides in
the planet's crust, very minor versions of ocean tides. Now researchers say the tug
of the sun and moon on the San Andreas Fault stimulates tremors deep
underground.
 ... A city in Chile moved 10 feet in the massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake Feb. 27,
2010. The rip in Earth's crust shifted the city of Concepción that much to the west.
The quake is also thought to have changed the planet's rotation slightly and
shortened Earth's day.......”.UNQUOTE.
 http://www.livescience.com/6187-13-crazy-earthquake-facts.html
“...The Pacific ring of fire is the most
active region of earth ...”
QUOTE : “... Earth's bulge was trimmed a little by the 2004 Indonesian earthquake,
the 9.0+ temblor that generated the deadly tsunami on Dec. 26 that year. Earth's
midsection bulges in relation to the measurement from pole-to-pole, and the
catastrophic land displacement caused a small reduction in the bulge, making the
planet more round.
 ... The Pacific Ring of Fire is the most geologically active region of Earth. It circles
the Pacific Ocean, touching the coasts North and South America, Japan, China and
Russia. It's where the majority of Earth's major quakes occur as major plate
boundaries collide.
 ... Oil extraction can cause minor earthquakes. These are not the quakes you read
about. Rather, because oil generally is found in soft and squishy sediment, when oil
is removed other rock moves in to fill the void, creating "mini-seismic events" that
are not noticeable to humans.
 ....The largest earthquake ever recorded was a magnitude 9.5 in Chile on May 22,
1960.
http://www.livescience.com/6187-13-crazy-earthquake-facts.html
Yellowstone Volcano Inflating With Molten Rock At Record Rate
 QUOTE : “..... ScienceDaily (Nov. 9, 2007) — The Yellowstone "supervolcano"

rose at a record rate since mid-2004, likely because a Los Angeles-sized,
pancake-shaped blob of molten rock was injected 6 miles beneath the
slumbering giant, University of Utah scientists report in the journal Science.
 "There is no evidence of an imminent volcanic eruption or hydrothermal
explosion. That's the bottom line," says seismologist Robert B. Smith, lead
author of the study and professor of geophysics at the University of Utah. "A
lot of calderas [giant volcanic craters] worldwide go up and down over
decades without erupting."
 The upward movement of the Yellowstone caldera floor -- almost 3 inches (7
centimeters) per year for the past three years -- is more than three times
greater than ever observed since such measurements began in 1923, says the
study in the Nov. 9 issue of Science by Smith, geophysics postdoctoral
associate Wu-Lung Chang and colleagues.....”.UNQUOTE.
 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071108141612.htm
“...Geophysicists Discover Slippery Secret Of Weaker Underwater Earthquakes....”
QUOTE :”... October 1, 2007 — Seismologists investigating undersea

earthquakes have found that molten rock lubricates faults. This
decreases the amount of friction between sides of the fault and
decreases the intensity of earthquakes. They also found that the
fragmentation of fault lines along the seafloor contributes an
earthquake-dampening effect...
In December 2004, an underwater earthquake triggered a string of
tsunamis along the Indian Ocean with devastating effects. Now,
scientists have found ways nature is preventing some deep ocean
earthquakes and save lives. Strong underwater earthquakes start
off silent -- until their tsunami waves roar on shore, destroying
property and lives....”. UNQUOTE.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/1007-underwater_eart
hquakes.htm
“...Researches say it is easier to study fault
lines below sea level....”
 QUOTE : “.... Molten rock -- or magma -- from under-sea volcanoes lubricates the
fault, reducing the amount of friction that could cause another earthquake. By
analyzing data collected by sea vessels, they discovered volcanic activity may be
weakening fault lines. The hot rock could be serving as a geological lubricant,
making the fault line more malleable. Less friction means less of a quake. "So, the
scale of the earthquake is smaller because the volcanism warms up the fault line
and makes it more difficult to break rocks," Gregg says.
 "Our ultimate purpose is to forecast earthquakes on land because earthquakes
cause so much damage and kill so many people," says Jian Lin, Ph.D., senior
scientist in the Department of Geology & Geophysics at Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution.
 By understanding what happens below the Earth's surface, geophysicists are
hoping to be able to send a warning to those above-ground. The researchers say it
is easier to study fault lines below sea level. They are simple in their geology and
history. Fault lines on land have layers of history that make it harder to understand
the physics of how they began....”UNQUOTE.
 http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/1007-underwater_earthquakes.htm
New Study Cites Lower Rate of Earthquakes Along
Some Subduction Zones
 QUOTE : “.... ScienceDaily (Dec. 7, 2009) — Most earthquakes occur

along fault lines, which form boundaries between two tectonic plates.
As the relative speed of the plates around a fault increases, is there a
corresponding increase in the number of earthquakes produced along
the fault? According to this study published in the December issue of
BSSA, the answer depends upon the type of tectonic boundary. On
certain types of boundary, the efficiency of earthquake production
actually depends on the fault slip rate.
..... Seismic hazard assessments consider many factors, including
relative plate velocity. It is important to understand whether there is a
linear relationship between relative plate velocity along a fault and the
production of earthquakes in order to estimate risk to populations and
manmade structures from seismic activity. ..”. UNQUOTE.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091204092447.htm
“... December 2004, Sunda Trench 9.0
Undersea Earthquake...”
 QUOTE : “... 31 December 2004
by Richard Conan-Davies
 So what was happening to cause that massive tsunami that has caused so much
damage and loss of life?
 It was an undersea earthquake that measured 9.0 on the richter scale which makes
it the 4th largest earthquake to be recorded.
 The size of the area that actually shook had maximum length of 1200 -- 1300 km
parallel to the Sunda trench and a width of over 100 km . The fault line was
estimated to have move some.
 Dr Cvetan Sinadinovski, Duty Seismologist with Geoscience Australia explained
that "This is the largest earthquake in the world for forty years, and the fifth largest
in the world since 1900,"
 Earthquakes this large tend to cause tiny changes in the Earth's rotation by change
in length of day: -2.676 microseconds which is not really measurable.
 This earthquake is also described as a megathrust earthquake because it is the
result of one of earth's tectonic plates sliding under another. This builds up
pressure over along time but eventually the pressure is too great for the rock and
the whole fault line shifts.....”.UNQUOTE.
“...Sumatra Earthquake Three Times Larger Than Originally
Thought....”
 QUOTE : “... ScienceDaily (Feb. 12, 2005) — EVANSTON, Ill. --- Northwestern
University seismologists have determined that the Dec. 26 Sumatra earthquake
that set off a deadly tsunami throughout the Indian Ocean was three times larger
than originally thought, making it the second largest earthquake ever
instrumentally recorded and explaining why the tsunami was so destructive...
 By analyzing seismograms from the earthquake, Seth Stein and Emile Okal, both
professors of geological sciences in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and
Sciences, calculated that the earthquake's magnitude measured 9.3, not 9.0, and
thus was three times larger. These results have implications for why Sri Lanka
suffered such a great impact and also indicate that the chances of similar large
tsumanis occurring in the same area are reduced.
 "The rupture zone was much larger than previously thought," said Stein. "The
initial calculations that it was a 9.0 earthquake did not take into account what we
call slow slip, where the fault, delineated by aftershocks, shifted more slowly. The
additional energy released by slow slip along the 1,200-kilometer long fault
played a key role in generating the devastating tsunami.“....”.UNQUOTE.
Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Hits Haiti
 QUOTE : “..... ScienceDaily (Jan. 12, 2010) — The January 12, 2010, Haiti earthquake
occurred in the boundary region separating the Caribbean plate and the North
America plate. This plate boundary is dominated by left-lateral strike slip motion
and compression, and accommodates about 20 mm/y slip, with the Caribbean plate
moving eastward with respect to the North America plate.
 Haiti occupies the western part of the island of Hispaniola, one of the Greater
Antilles islands, situated between Puerto Rico and Cuba. At the longitude of the
January 12 earthquake, motion between the Caribbean and North American plates is
partitioned between two major east-west trending, strike-slip fault systems -- the
Septentrional fault system in northern Haiti and the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault
system in southern Haiti.
 The location and focal mechanism of the earthquake are consistent with the event
having occurred as left-lateral strike slip faulting on the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden
fault system. This fault system accommodates about 7 mm/y, nearly half the overall
motion between the Caribbean plate and North America plate....”.UNQUOTE .
“...Japan Quake May Have Slightly Shortened Earth Days, Moved Axis,
Theoretical Calculations Suggest...”
 QUOTE : “.... ScienceDaily (Mar. 15, 2011) — The magnitude 9.0

earthquake that struck Japan March 11, 2011 may have slightly
shortened the length of each Earth day and shifted its axis.
 ... Using a United States Geological Survey estimate for how the fault
responsible for the earthquake slipped, research scientist Richard
Gross of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., applied
a complex model to perform a preliminary theoretical calculation of
how the Japan earthquake -- the fifth largest since 1900 -- affected
Earth's rotation. His calculations indicate that by changing the
distribution of Earth's mass, the Japanese earthquake should have
caused Earth to rotate a bit faster, shortening the length of the day by
about 1.8 microseconds (a microsecond is one millionth of a
second)....”.UNQUOTE.
“...Japan Earthquake shifted the position
of Earth’s figure axis ...”
 QUOTE :”.... The calculations also show the Japan quake should have shifted the
position of Earth's figure axis (the axis about which Earth's mass is balanced) by about 17
centimeters (6.5 inches), towards 133 degrees east longitude. Earth's figure axis should
not be confused with its north-south axis; they are offset by about 10 meters (about 33
feet). This shift in Earth's figure axis will cause Earth to wobble a bit differently as it
rotates, but it will not cause a shift of Earth's axis in space -- only external forces such as
the gravitational attraction of the sun, moon and planets can do that.
 Both calculations will likely change as data on the quake are further refined.
 In comparison, following last year's magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile, Gross estimated
the Chile quake should have shortened the length of day by about 1.26 microseconds
and shifted Earth's figure axis by about 8 centimeters (3 inches). A similar calculation
performed after the 2004 magnitude 9.1 Sumatran earthquake revealed it should have
shortened the length of day by 6.8 microseconds and shifted Earth's figure axis by about
7 centimeters, or 2.76 inches. How an individual earthquake affects Earth's rotation
depends on its size (magnitude), location and the details of how the fault slipped.....”.
Los Angeles Basin Long Overdue for Major Earthquake: Lake-Effect Theory
Sinks, but Quake Timing Questions Go
on
 QUOTE : “.... ScienceDaily (Feb. 10, 2011) — A chronology of 1,000 years of earthquakes
at the southern end of the San Andreas Fault nixes the idea that lake changes in the now-
dry region caused past quakes. However, researchers say, the timeline pulled from
sediment in three deep trenches confirms that this portion of the fault is long past the
expected time for a major temblor that would strongly shake the Los Angeles Basin.
 The new study, appearing in the February issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society
of America, doesn't change existing thinking about the threat of a major quake --
potentially measuring 7.0 to 8.0 on the Richter scale -- for southern California. It does,
however, provide the first published documentation of much-discussed data that have
emerged in the last three decades from an area that is now rapidly being built up and
populated, just north of the Salton Sea
 Projections of such a quake in recent years led to the nation's largest-ever drill, the Great
Southern California ShakeOut, last year. The 2011 ShakeOut is set for Oct. 20. There's
even a video projection of the quake's probable route created by the Southern California
Earthquake Center. The last earthquake to originate from the area occurred in about
1690.....”. UNQUOTE.
“...Threat of major earthquake for
Southern Californian...”
 QUOTE : “...The new study, appearing in the February issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, doesn't
change existing thinking about the threat of a major quake -- potentially measuring 7.0 to 8.0 on the Richter scale -- for
southern California. It does, however, provide the first published documentation of much-discussed data that have
emerged in the last three decades from an area that is now rapidly being built up and populated, just north of the
Salton Sea.
 Projections of such a quake in recent years led to the nation's largest-ever drill, the Great Southern California ShakeOut,
last year. The 2011 ShakeOut is set for Oct. 20. There's even a video projection of the quake's probable route created by
the Southern California Earthquake Center. The last earthquake to originate from the area occurred in about 1690.
 The new study, said co-author Ray Weldon, professor and head of the department of geological sciences at the
University of Oregon, documents that the south end of the San Andreas fault has gone perhaps 140 years longer than
the average 180 years between quakes.
 "We have dated the last five to seven prehistoric earthquakes of the southernmost 100 kilometers (about 60 miles) of the
San Andreas Fault, which is the only piece of the fault that hasn't ruptured in historical times," Weldon said. "If you
were there in about 1690, when the last earthquake occurred, the odds of getting to 2010 without an earthquake would
have been 20 percent or less."
 Weldon stopped short of concluding that a major earthquake is due or overdue, saying that data from this study and
other recent work may just as well point to unknowns in current earthquake-modeling techniques.
 The seven earthquake events, including the two possible temblors, were placed between 905-961 AD, 959-1015
(possible), 1090-1152, 1275-1347, 1320-1489 (possible), 1588-1662 and 1657-1713, based on analyses of seismic structures
preserved in the sediment in the three trenches and 82 radiocarbon dates drawn from 61 samples of organic
material.....”. UNQUOTE.
“...Build up of tectonic stress in Lake
Cahuilla Area ...”
 QUOTE : “... Weldon and co-authors -- former UO graduate student
Belle Philibosian, now pursuing a doctorate at the California Institute
of Technology (Cal Tech), and Thomas Fumal of the U.S. Geological
Survey, who died in December -- concluded there is a high probability
of rupture in the fault because of a likely buildup of tectonic stress.
 The study area is in the dry bed of prehistoric Lake Cahuilla at
Coachella, Calif. The lake has been dry since about 1715, according to
timelines found in early travelers' descriptions of the area. Researchers
found that the lakebed was full of water six times in the study period.
 "We now have the best chronology of these lakes that has ever
existed," said Weldon, who knows the area well from previous work.
“...Seismic Activity in the Imperial Valley
South of Salton Sea...”
 QUOTE : “.... earthquakes have at times shifted the Colorado River's
pathway into or away from Lake Cahuilla's bed, perhaps by shaken driven
lateral spreading and collapse of its riverbanks
 Seismic activity has been common in the Imperial Valley south of the Salton
Sea, which is the continuation of the plate boundary to the south but not part
of the actual fault, Weldon noted.
 "At some point, this area will get kicked by shaking from one of the many
quakes that happen south of the San Andreas Fault," he said. "It will rupture
northward along the fault. When it comes into the San Bernardino Valley,
seismic energy will be directed by a series of basins, including the Los
Angeles Basin, into the most highly populated part of Southern California."
 The U.S. Geological Survey supported the research. A National Science
Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship also supported Philibosian, who
was the study's lead author....”.UNQUOTE.
“...Revised Seismotectonic Model for California Central Coast : More Complex than previously thought....”
 June 3, 2010 — A new catalog of earthquake locations and focal mechanisms for
the California Central Coast underscores the fault complexity of the region and
identifies newly observed features offshore near San ...
 The Central Coast is bounded on the east by the San Andreas Fault, the major
plate boundary fault, and lies between the greater San Francisco and Los
Angeles areas. This coastal region is not as densely instrumented or as
tectonically well understood as the San Andreas Fault or the major urban areas.
 The identification of new faults, and the reinterpretation of known faults,
suggests that further work is necessary to better constrain the seismic hazards of
the Central Coast. While the locations and focal mechanisms (the direction of
slip in an earthquake and the orientation of the fault on which it occurs) for
aftershocks of the 2003 M6.5 San Simeon and 2004 M6.0 Parkfield earthquakes
are similar to those found in previous aftershock studies, the seismicity features
in the offshore region near San Luis Obispo are sharpened considerably by this
study.....”.UNQUOTE.
“...The Shoreline Fault requires further
study...”
 QUOTE : “... The most prominent newly-observed feature is the Shoreline
Fault, a ~25 km-long vertical strike-slip fault running parallel to the coastline
just offshore of Point Buchon. Several smaller strike-slip seismicity lineations
are also observed in Estero Bay, along with a deep reverse structure at the
depth of the top of the remnant subducted slab. Strike-slip faulting is
observed along the Hosgri-San Simeon Fault system, up to ~10-15 km inland
from the Hosgri Fault in Estero Bay and near Point Buchon, and on the
onshore Rinconada and West Huasna Faults.
 The Shoreline Fault in particular requires further study to better constrain its
geometry, how it may connect to the Hosgri Fault or other faults to its east,
its slip rate and whether it has produced large earthquakes in the past.
 This research was recently published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society
of America (BSSA)....”.UNQUOTE.
Earthquakes and Matthew 24 verses 1 to
8
 QUOTE : “....And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his
disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
 2And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you,
There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown
down.
 3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately,
saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy
coming, and of the end of the world?
 4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
 5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
 6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for
all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
 7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there
shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
 8All these are the beginning of sorrows......”.UNQUOTE.

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MATTHEW 24 VERSES 1 TO 8 AND

 QUOTE : “......The San Andreas Fault is the sliding boundary

 Sandra S. Schulz and Robert E. Wallace ,USGS :

 QUOTE: “.... The presence of the San Andreas fault was

 By Katharine Gammon ,30TH March,2011, Our Amazing Planet :

 QUOTE : “..... ScienceDaily (Nov. 9, 2007) — The Yellowstone "supervolcano"

QUOTE :”... October 1, 2007 — Seismologists investigating undersea

 QUOTE : “.... ScienceDaily (Dec. 7, 2009) — Most earthquakes occur

 QUOTE : “.... ScienceDaily (Mar. 15, 2011) — The magnitude 9.0

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