Los Angeles residents are preparing for an earthquake

Photo: USGS Earthquake Scenario Map

Residents of Los Angeles are preparing for an earthquake, buying essential goods. Scientists say that California in the coming 48 hours may be affected by an earthquake measuring the Richter scale 7-8,2.

At the same time, the exact date is not reported, since the impending disaster is difficult to accurately predict.

People buy in the stores anxious suitcases, flasks with alcohol, which will help to kindle a fire, food and water purification tablets.

Experts say that high-rise buildings in Los Angeles are likely to withstand a blow in 8 points, however, insurance companies raise prices for their services. Also earned brokerwhere you can check how safe the house is during an earthquake.

California is one of the most seismically active regions of the United States - small earthquakes occur here almost every year, and once in a hundred years powerful shocks occur, the magnitude of which exceeds the 7 points on the MMS scale. For example, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 1906 occurred in 7,8 in San Francisco. More than three thousand people died, and in fact the whole city was destroyed.

The cause of this catastrophe and all other earthquakes in the southeastern United States is the so-called San Andreas Fracture - a line of 1300 kilometers long, along which two tectonic plates collide - Pacific and North American.

The San Andreas Rift passes through areas such as the Valley Coachella - home to Palm Springs - and the San Bernardino Valley, as well as the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles.

Recall on tuesday in mexico happened 7,4 magnitude earthquake. As a result, the elements killed more than 200 people.

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