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2010 is shaping up to be a record year for earthquakes in California. Already, over 70 earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.0 or higher have rocked the state, many caused by aftershocks from the 7.2 Mexicali quake earlier this month.
With a whole lot of shaking going on, is it any wonder that a rumor that Los Angeles was about to experience a massive earthquake sometime between now and Friday would take off like wildfire?”
Area seismologists have been furiously trying to correct the claim (which seems to have originated with ‘quake quack’ Luke Thomas), which in Internet rumor fashion has taken a life of its own; one version claims Pasadena’s under evacuation orders.
The problem of course, is that nobody can predict earthquakes. If the earth is going to swallow you up whole, take comfort in the fact you’ll have no warning. Still, even if the ‘Big One’ can’t be predicted, it’s only a matter of time before Los Angeles falls into the ocean and Lex Luthor makes trillions in desert seaside development, right? [click to continue…]
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