Will the big earthquake (the big one) hit orange county?

Question

I've been searching this on most of the sites. They really don't give a straight answer. Anyways will the big one hit orange county. And will it destroy Los Angeles completely. It would really suck if it does. I mean who wants Hollywood destroyed with all the stars and partys they have over there?

Answer 1

The big one has been calculated by computer models to have a 92% chance of striking in 2011 and a 99.9998% chance of striking by 2012. Enhanced thermal imaging of the fault line shows that when this occurs, 8-23% of california's land mass will sink below sea level meaning los angeles will be completely under water.

Answer 2

If you are talking about the 'big one' having it's epicenter in orange county, CA - that is highly unlikely unless there is some major fault line that has yet to be discovered lurking beneath the ground there.



However if you are asking about the big one that is speculated to occur on the southern portion of the San Andreas fault sometime in the next 20 years, than yes it is most certainly going to be felt in Orange County. Not sure if you experieced the 7.2 Baja Mexico EQ that happened on Easter 2010, but that was felt from far away places like Orange County, downtown LA and Phoenix, AZ.



When this 'big one' happens in southern CA, it's projected to be anywhere from 7.5 - 8.0+ magnitude and that will certainly lead to wide spread damage and chaos all over southern california, from San Diego to Central California. Expect casualties well into the 1000's, freeways destroyed, landslides, tsumani/flooding in coastal cities, power outages that could last weeks or months, riots, fires, etc. If the EQ is something of biblical proportions like that 2012 movie that the entire west coast might just sink underwater, but at the very least every home and building will be reduced to rubble.



Here is an interesting, speculative description of what to expect when the big one strikes:



http://www.drgeorgepc.com/EarthquakesCalifornia.html

Answer 3

I've lived in Orange County for 14 years and have felt some tremors time and again. Wasn't around for the Northridge quake in LA. Was around for fires and mudslides and a tsunami scare that went mostly unnoticed. A big earthquake may happen, but fires and flood are more likely the source of most danger for the next 10 or so years.

Answer 4

Actually, Seattle has the greatest risk for a huge quake. I would be scared to death to live there. The San Andreas is going to produce a large quake sometime, but that could happen tomorrow or in 1,000 years. It could happen ANYWHERE along the fault line, so it can happen ANYWHERE in California. We don't know when, though. I live in California, and I'm not losing sleep over it. Relax. We have a fault that SLIDES against another surface, so we won't go underwater. We don't have that kind of fault.

Answer 5

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