Powerful Southern California earthquake triggers fears of the 'big one.'
along the southern San Andreas Fault, which slices through California like a scar.
In a tweet prior to the earthquake, Jones said the"real probability" of a monster event is about 2 percent per year or 1/20,000th each day. Seismologists have said that in the next week, there's a 9 percent chance that an earthquake larger than a 6.4 magnitude could reverberate through the region, and an 80 percent chance of one that's at least a 5.0 magnitude.
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