Try Our Daily Newsletter for Free

Massive Climate-Induced Earthquakes are Brewing Beneath Biggest Cities

BBC Science Focus Magazine

Climate change isn’t just warming the planet, it’s shaking Earth’s foundations, as extreme weather could also promote earthquake activity and might provide the extra impetus that advances the timing of the next big quake. In California, the US Geological Survey reckons there’s a more than 70 per cent chance that a quake of magnitude 6.7 or bigger will strike the Bay Area in the next 18 years and the likelihood of a magnitude 7.5 quake in the next three decades is estimated at more than 1 in 3.

https://link.theoverheadwire.com/yqrmeRead more...

Podcast

Explore More