M7.6 Solomon Islands
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There was just a M7.4 thrust aftershock to the M7.6 left-lateral quake in the Solomon Islands. Might be worth a look to see past history and how likely a larger subduction quake might be.

A Major or Great strike-slip earthquake on the San Andreas (or other) strike-slip fault triggering one of the major active thrusts that uplift the Los Angeles area mountains (the Sierra Madre for example) is a sort of worst case for southern California. I was at some meeting a decade ago where this scenario came up; maybe a SCEC workshop.

Chris




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M7.6 Solomon Islands - by Island Chris - 04-12-2014, 10:06 PM
RE: M7.6 Solomon Islands - by Skywise - 04-12-2014, 10:57 PM
RE: M7.4 Solomon Islands thrust aftershock and Los Angeles worst case(?) - by Island Chris - 04-13-2014, 02:24 PM
RE: M7.6 Solomon Islands - by Skywise - 04-13-2014, 07:49 PM

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