Ridgecrest temblors increase chance of San Andreas earthquake

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 13, 2020

The Ridgecrest temblors that hit California last year could make a San Andreas earthquake more likely, a new study found. The likelihood is higher because the 2019 temblors in Ridgecrest, Calif., "stressed the Garlock Fault," and the Garlock Fault links the Ridgecrest faults with the San Andreas fault, researchers said in the study, published Monday in the Bulletin of the Seismological