Hi All. I first came in contact with the Walker Lane Belt about 6 years ago. What intrigued be about the fault was where the northern end of the fault looked like it was headed for. Some geologists at USGS and the University of Reno, Nevada believe it may be in the area of Burney, California and the Mount Lassen area. There is even one person who feels it may be working its way towards Mount Shasta.

This could be both good news and bad news for the people of California depending on where you live. Don in creepy town

The Walker Lane is a north-south corridor of land that runs along the eastern side of the Sierras, from the southern tip of Nevada to south-central Oregon. This is where some geologists believe the Pacific and North American plates are trying to create their new, streamlined boundary.

"A more northward trajectory to the whole system through Walker Lane may ultimately be an easier path for the system to take," said Jim Faulds, a research geologist at the University of Nevada in Reno.

"In 10 million years – it could be more like 15 million – I would envision the San Andreas on the east side of the Sierra Nevada, extending from about the Salton Trough up the east side of the Sierras into western Nevada, through northeast California and finally to the southern or central Oregon coast."

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Such a path would spell good news for temblor-terrified Southern Californians of the future. It would mean earthquake country had moved east across the ever-growing Gulf of California.

"It probably means much less seismic activity through most of California, especially in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas," said Faulds, "but much more activity in places like Landers, Bishop, Reno, Lake Tahoe, Susanville and Klamath Falls."

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