Ryley Hill

doctoral candidate in geophysics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and San Diego State

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Six out of seven big quakes along the southern San Andreas Fault over the last 1000 years happened when the Salton Sea’s predecessor was filled.

Salton Sea may be delaying the next big earthquake in SoCal

Six out of seven big quakes along the southern San Andreas Fault over the last 1000 years happened when the Salton Sea’s predecessor was filled.

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