The threat of major earthquakes in California

Scientists predict that by 2037 the movement of crustal plates near San Adreas fault in California almost certainly lead to an earthquake comparable in strength with shocks in Haiti. It is estimated that over the next 30 years there is a probability of 99, 7%, an earthquake of magnitude 6, 7 points destroy the US West Coast. The chances of such an event is higher in Southern California than in the North - 97% versus 93%, reports AP. "We almost guarantee there will be something like," - said Ned Field, a geophysicist at the Geological Survey in Pasadena and one of the authors of this sensational forecast. But while on the formidable forces resemble a mud volcanoes. Report of the places where scientists project may soon not be.

The threat of major earthquakes in California

© David McNew / Getty Images // A flock of seagulls near the geothermal power plant Kalipatriya.

The threat of major earthquakes in California

© David McNew / Getty Images // Geothermal station that receives electricity via the heated substance coming out of the depths of the earth at a temperature of 360C.

The threat of major earthquakes in California

© David McNew / Getty Images // Carbon dioxide comes out of the mud column.

The threat of major earthquakes in California

© David McNew / Getty Images // Highway 10 and wind turbines on background.

The threat of major earthquakes in California

© David McNew / Getty Images // freight train carrying military equipment.

The threat of major earthquakes in California

© David McNew / Getty Images // scatter dirt remaining after the bursting of the carbon dioxide-containing mud bubble.

The threat of major earthquakes in California

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