Scientists watch her closely.
Everyone knows the fault of San Andreas, made famous by the films and by the earthquake of San Francisco in 1906. But researchers are also interested in another geological flaw, less known to the general public. Remaining inactive for a long time, it draws the attention of seismologists because it continues to accumulate energy. A falsely reassuring silence.
According to a scenario Hypothetical presented by the US Geological Survey, a resumption of its activity could give rise to an important earthquake. The location of this fault is considered sensitive, because it crosses an area densely populated in southern California. Scientists closely follow its evolution and study the way its tremors could interact with other neighboring flaws. According to geologists, the most plausible scenario is that an earthquake on this fault is spreading to Whittier’s flaw. It would be “terrifying” for the inhabitants, indicates the seismologist Lucy Jones cited in the Los Angeles Times.
Considered “the little sister of the San Andreas Faille”, the Elsinore flaw is one of the largest in southern California. She crosses the Sonora desert and joined the County of Riverside, not far from Los Angeles and Palm Springs. Its effects, however, would remain limited to South California and northern Mexico, without incidence on far -reaching continents like Europe.
Despite everything, geologists insist on the important of his surveillance and recall the need for residents to prepare for a major rupture which could occur in an unpredictable manner. “”There is a risk that it is the next“Warning seismologists.
