EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -No, California is not going to fall into the ocean. California is firmly planted on the top of the earth’s crust in a location where it spans two tectonic plates.

Detailed explanation-2: -The major danger is from the earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault system. Narrator: On average, the San Andreas Fault ruptures every 150 years.

Detailed explanation-3: -The earthquake waves travel across the whole state of California, leveling older buildings, disrupting roads and severing electric, telephone and water lines. Hundreds of fires start. Emergency personnel are hampered with the roads out.

Detailed explanation-4: -The San Andreas Fault System. The San Andreas Fault is one of the most intensely studied faults on the planet. It is a continental transform that separates the Pacific plate from the North American plate along its entire trace.

Detailed explanation-5: -Death and damage About 1, 800 people could die in a hypothetical 7.8 earthquake on the San Andreas fault-that’s according to a scenario published by the USGS called the ShakeOut. More than 900 people could die in fires, more than 600 in building damage or collapse, and more than 150 in transportation accidents.