Two SoCal faults haven’t experienced a major earthquake near LA in over a century – is ‘the Big One’ next?

Source: New York Post

Stress levels beneath Southern California’s two most dangerous fault systems have climbed to their highest in at least 1,000 years, prompting fresh concerns that the long-feared “Big One” may be drawing closer. The alarming findings come from a new study from AGU Journal examining the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems, in which researchers found that tectonic stress has reached levels not seen in a millennium. 4 Stress levels beneath Southern California’s two most dangerous fault systems have climbed to their highest in at least 1,000 years, prompting fresh concerns that the long-feared “Big One” may be drawing closer.