Scientists Predict Major SoCal Quake (>6.4) Within Five Months

[ringmastery]

http://www.ktvu.com/news/2968506/detail.html

Scientists Predict Major SoCal Quake With Five Months

LOS ANGELES -- A state earthquake council has given a qualified endorsement to a prediction by a group of scientists who believe that a temblor of magnitude-6.4 or greater will occur in the Southern California desert sometime in the next five months.

The California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council, a group of eight scientists selected by the state Office of Emergency Services, said it considers the new prediction by the scientists to be "a legitimate approach in earthquake prediction research."

Despite its support the panel noted in a report that "the physical basis for the prediction has not been substantiated."

The team of scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, predict that a quake will occur within a 12,000-square-mile area east of Los Angeles by Sept. 5. The zone includes a large swath of the Mojave Desert, the Coachella Valley, the Imperial Valley and eastern San Diego County.

The area was the location of the magnitude-7.3 Landers earthquake in 1992 and the 7.1 Hector Mine quake in 1999.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Oh hell I could predict that

Every day from the last big one is one day closer to the next

[absyntheNsugar]

3. Hell when I lived in Fremont we had em every day it seemed

eom

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. You did..you're on sand :-)

[Must_B_Free]

2. a feeble attempt by the whitehouse

to find a diversion from the perfect storm that will embrace them momentarily. good thing drudge put the devistating CIA leak story in red

[Renew Deal]

4. It's scheduled for the DU party

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x921056#top

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

6. If it works...

If this actually works (and there's some evidence that it might) then what happens when an 8.x earthquake is predicted in a major urban area during "the next six months"

Think about it...

[bain_sidhe]

7. Can you imagine how this would disrupt the election?

It's a good thing BushCo can't figure out how to MAKE it happen!

Or can they...? :wow:

Just kidding! (I think... :tinfoilhat: )

[meow mix]

8. yup, ive been waiting...

just because we are so over-due for a good shaker. at least it seems that way too me =)

[Athame]

9. I read somewhere that it was predicted by June.

Well, what else can happen? Better get that gas wrench taped back on the main valve...I already stocked up on water purifier tablets for the bird flu epidemic...