California earthquake?

Question

Why is everyone saying California is going to break off into the ocean and tsunamis will come etc? I'm moving there in two months and this is not something i want to happen to me! Do you think its even possible?

Answer 1

California is due for an earthquake. As a matter of fact, california should have had an earthquake along time ago. It is almost anytime they will because of the San Andreas fault rubbing into the north american fault. Probably causing large amounts of damage. Maybe around a 6-8 around the rictor scale.

It will probably be several thousands of years before California will ever go into the ocean. Maybe you will live till then, who knows?

Tsunamis are probably caused by global warming. There are so many natural disasters happening right now, alot of environmentalists are saying they are due to global warmining. For example, the cyclone that hit Myanmar a while ago.

I hope this answers some of your questions.

Good luck (not dying during the next earthquake)!

Answer 2

Oh please.   Your plane can crash in the desert even before you get there.

Answer 3

no. thats just a paranoid delusion made up by psychotic environmentalists like al gore.

Answer 4

It can happen any where.

Answer 5

This was an erroneous outcome someone long ago speculated about the possibilities of events, based on the location of the San Andrea's Fault.  This fault runs from Mexico to the San Francisco bay, in the state of CA and runs through the two most populated areas of the state. Because it is a feature of where the North American and Pacific tectonic plates meet, the 'falling off' thing was suggested and has even been the plot line of a few movies "Superman".  Fact is, the North American plate slowly moving southward and the Pacific plate is slowly moving northward, each about 3" a year. They're not pulling apart (which a 'fall off" theory would suggest). They're ginding past each other and if anything else sub-ducting, one moving underneath (toward) each other. The movement isn't smooth but instead, continents "locking" with each other for periods of them, but as the plates beneath push in the directions indicated, the crust which is somewhat elastic. cannot withstand the pressure and "snaps" or releases (in small continuous segments less than 4 miles or so at a time) and creates an earthquake.  The San Andrea's fault line is not the only falutline in the state, there are hundreds of them, though the San Andrea's is probably the most famous and gets the most attention.  So will we snap off and float away, no. Will there be earthquakes and possible tsunamis?  Almost nearly certain. There is 6%-59% of a strong (6.7  Scale scale or stronger) earthquake taking place on any point in CA over the next 30 years.  That's pretty good.  See the map. Don't freak out, you'll have lots of neighbors and pals do down with you. Peace