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San Andreas Fault reaches highest stress level in 1,000 years

Researchers report that tectonic stress on the major San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems has climbed to its highest levels in a millennium, and in some sections has already surpassed them. A striking new study on earthquake risk has been published for Southern California, one of the most densely populated regions of the United States. Researchers report that the tectonic stress accumulating on the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault syst... [3243 chars]

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