Hi Chris,

Looking at the "big picture", I think one might assume this quake would have been in the expected category. From Denali to Adak the Aleutian Trench seems to have been on the move. But now that it has reached the end, is that the end? Or is there more and if more, where more?

I like to guess sometimes, just like everyone else, so my best guess is that the movement will now travel south toward the northern islands of Japan. There should be a 7.2 - 7.6 within 3 months.

Just for fun, here's my stateside forecast for 2005:

Mendocino Triple Junction 6.4
Dixie Valley, NV 5.3
Hayward Fault/Hayward-San Leandro 4.7
Parkfield 4.3
Santa Clarita 4.7
Taft 4.5
Bombay Beach 4.2
Kings Beach, NV/CA Border 4.3

Petra