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Published: Aug 15, 2024 Duration: 00:02:51 Category: News & Politics

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SEVERAL CHARGES. HE'S EXPECTED TO FACE A JUDGE TOMORROW. NOW TO A STRING OF RECENT EARTHQUAKES HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE LATEST A 3.9 MAGNITUDE QUAKE AT LAKE ELSINORE THIS MORNING AND SHAKING WAS FELT IN PARTS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY. IT COMES AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE JOLTED LA THIS WEEK, ABC, 10 NEWS REPORTER, MOSES SMALL EXPLAINS WHAT SETS THAT QUAKE APART FROM OTHERS. >> A MAGNITUDE 4.4 EARTHQUAKE ROCKED ANGELES ON MONDAY. AND THE CORPORATE WHAT OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT THEY WE USUALLY ASSOCIATE WITH EARTHQUAKES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. INSTEAD, IT WAS THE HILLS BALL, AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT EARTHQUAKE THREAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT SAN DIEGO. THE POINT WAS FAULT STRETCHES 25 MILES FROM DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES TO PASADENA AND NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY GEOLOGIST DR. PAT ABBOTT SAYS THAT LOCATION COULD BE A PROBLEM IF THAT FULL PRODUCES A BIGGER EARTHQUAKE. SO THE SITE IS A BAT SITE. >> GEOLOGICALLY, YOU'RE SITTING ON TOP OF A FALL IS GOING TO LIFT UP THE WHOLE GROUND AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF OLD BRITTLE CONCRETE BUILDINGS. SIT ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS. SO THE POTENTIAL FOR A DISASTER IT IS BAD. THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYS IF WAS A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE ON THE POINT TO HILLS FAULT, IT COULD BE ONE OF THE WORST NATURAL DISASTERS THE COUNTRY'S EVER SEEN, KILLING AS MANY AS 18,000 PEOPLE CAUSING MORE ECONOMIC DAMAGE THAN HURRICANE KATRINA. AND EVEN SHAKING UP SAN DIEGO. >> AND WHEN CAN WE EXPECT A GIANT EARTHQUAKE LIKE THAT? GEOLOGIST DON'T KNOW WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT WHEN LARGE EARTHQUAKE COULD COME 0. ZIP. NADA. NOW RIGHT HERE THIS YEAR, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT MORE OF THE MAGNITUDE, 4.4 EARTHQUAKES AND WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST FEW DECADES. THEY DO NOT TELL US WHETHER A BIG ONE IS GETTING CLOSER. SO IF AN EARTHQUAKE HAPPENS, DROP COVER AND HOLD ON. BUT UNTIL THEN, THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS PREPARE. THAT'S NOT THE EARTHQUAKES FOR MOST PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT FALLS ON YOU OR THROWN AT YOU. SO LOOK AT YOUR HOUSE, SECURE THINGS AGAINST THE WALL OF THINK YOU HAVE A PIE. THEY'RE HEAVY. >> DOWN CLOSER TO THE FLORIDA REARRANGED THING IF THINGS START FALLING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HURT DR ROBERTS IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO START PREPARING YOUR HOME. IS THE BEDROOM MOVING HEAVY ITEMS LIKE CABINETS AWAY FROM YOUR BED. AND YOU CAN ALSO USE ALL THOSE SAME SAFETY TIPS AT WORK MOST A SMALL ABC, 10 NEWS. >> WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PREPARING FOR EARTHQUAKES UNDER THIS STORY ON 10 NEWS DOT COM. MOSES COVERS THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE FOSTER CARE IN BLACK COMMUNITIES. YOU CAN SEND HIM YOUR STORY. IDEAS BY E-MAILING MOSES DOT SMALL AND 10 NEWS

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