San Francisco could be hit by massive earthquake 'any day now', says USGS scientist

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UK Independent:

The San Francisco Bay Area could be struck by a major earthquake "any day now", says a scientist with the US Geological Survey.

 

The Hayward fault historically causes a huge earthquake every 140 years and it has been 147 years since the last major quake on the fault.

 

Hayward caused a magnitude 4.0 earthquake on Tuesday that caused no major damage, but Tom Brocher of the USGS says it will not be long until the next massive quake, which would cause loss of life and economic damage on a large scale.

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The actual quote:

 

"The past five major earthquakes on the fault have been about 140 years apart, and now we're 147 years from that 1868 earthquake, so we definitely feel that could happen any time."

 

Changed to headline: 'any day now'

 

Much scarier.