seismic sleep....not
Posted by chris in suburbia on September 09, 2004 at 03:16:14:

Todd...While there has not been anything major since 1989, I don't think anyone thinks the bay area is going to stay quiet for decades...Don posted on this here in the past. Also, there was a paper published in 1995 (Dolan et al) that, I think (have not read this in a while) said that either there needed to be a Northridge-sized earthquake in the LA region (or was it southern California?) every 10 years....but later papers, again I think, questioned this analysis. Anyway, I would guess that most seismologists would not expect southern California to be quiet for decades. But, I'm not a seismologist, so I guess it would help for John to clarify this....
Chris


Follow Ups:
     ● LA quake risks - John Vidale  09:24:22 - 9/9/2004  (22808)  (1)
        ● Not Confusing Enough - Don in Hollister  12:03:16 - 9/9/2004  (22809)  (2)
           ● Re: Not Confusing Enough - Todd  13:36:07 - 9/9/2004  (22812)  (1)
              ● Re: Not Confusing Enough - chris in suburbia  14:47:02 - 9/9/2004  (22816)  (0)
           ● stress shadows - John Vidale  12:53:14 - 9/9/2004  (22810)  (1)
              ● Re: stress shadows - Don in Hollister  13:13:57 - 9/9/2004  (22811)  (0)