In a worst-case scenario, the Palos Verdes fault system could unleash a quake that combines the most destructive qualities of the 1994 Northridge earthquake, a magnitude 6.7 temblor, and the 7.1 ...

Beneath the beauty of the Palos Verdes Peninsula lies a newly discovered danger: a fault zone capable of producing an earthquake 45 times stronger than the devastating 1994 Northridge quake. To be ...

The Palos Verdes Fault zone, which runs along the coast of Los Angeles and Orange counties, could trigger an earthquake with a magnitude as strong as 7.8, according to a new study released Friday.

News; Nation; Fault along California coast could unleash earthquake on scale of San Andreas, study shows Sept. 23, 2022 Updated Fri., Sept. 23, 2022 at 9:57 p.m. An aerial view of the Palos Verdes ...

A new study from Harvard University suggests that the Palos Verdes fault, running along the coasts of Los Angeles and Orange Counties, could trigger a devastating earthquake of up to 7.8 magnitude.

A system known as the Palos Verdes fault zone, which runs nearly 70 miles along the coast of Los Angeles and Orange counties, has the potential to trigger a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, according to ...

Dubbed the Palos Verde fault zone (PVFZ), the network runs close to 70 miles from the Santa Monica Bay, south down the coast, under the Palos Verdes peninsula and out into the ocean off of Dana Point.

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Beneath the beauty of the Palos Verdes Peninsula lies a newly discovered danger: a fault zone capable of producing an earthquake 45 times stronger than the devastating 1994 Northridge quake ...

A fault zone which runs 70 miles along the coast of Los Angeles has the potential to trigger an earthquake with a magnitude as strong as 7.8, according to a study.. Scientists say that the Palos ...