Scientists warn California megaquake could be ‘more devastating than Katrina’ as 1,200 first responders and hundreds of volunteers simulate how to deal with disaster that could wipe out LA and San Francisco
If Hayward and Rogers Creek faults both broke, could produce a 7.4 quake
Experts warn that it could cause ‘more damage than Hurricane Katrina’
Emergency responders carried out a drill to prepare for such a disaster
The drill imagined a 6.7 quake in LA, and a 7.8 quake along San Andrea
By Cheyenne Macdonald and Mark Prigg
DailyMail.com
18 November 2016
Last month, geologists revealed a troubling discovery about the San Francisco Bay Area’s most dangerous fault – it’s connected to another.
If the deadly Hayward fault and the Rogers Creek fault broke at the same time along their 118-mile stretch, experts warn the resulting earthquake could be up to a magnitude 7.4, creating a disaster which would cause ‘more damage than Hurricane Katrina.’
To prepare for catastrophic quakes, roughly 1,200 emergency responders carried out drills across California in a week-long exercise known as ‘Vigilant Guard.’
The National Guard, local agencies, and search dogs dug through the rubble of decimated buildings in a simulation that begins with a magnitude 6.7 quake near Las Vegas followed two days later by a magnitude 7.8 along the San Andreas fault, LA Times reports.
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