Researchers have identified an actively creeping section of the Concord Fault running through local communities in California, potentially increasing the risk of large earthquakes in residential neighborhoods.
According to the findings of a U.S. Geological Survey study, published by the Seismological Society of America on July 2, the Concord Fault not only has a creeping fault line, but the actively slipping section is not in the location it was previously believed to be.
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Why It Matters
The Concord Fault may be capable of magnitude 6.7 or higher earthquakes, given its 20 km (12.4 mile) length, the study saud. As urban development overlays much of its path, it puts tens of thousands at risk the havoc brought by earthquakes and seismic activity…