Tonight a local organization is reacting to alarming new research that shows the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults in Southern California are more stressed now more than at any time in a thousand years; raising the risk of a major, multi-fault earthquake.
As we reported, scientists describe the fault system as “critically loaded,” with stress building across multiple segments. The San Andreas fault runs through the coachella valley, which means our region could experience some of the heaviest shaking.
While earthquakes cannot be predicted, the “Coachella Valley Disaster Preparedness Network” says now is the time to prepare…