Is there any area in California where earthquakes do not occur?
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check out this link...shows all recent earthquake activity in California.  Looks like Sacramento and north are clearest.\n\nhttp://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm
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Actually  the Santa Monica fault and the Hollywood fault are considered separate:\n\nSee the map here (101 and 102 in the south of the map)\nhttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/qfaults/ca/lax.html
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Earthquakes happen a LOT. Most of them are too faint to detect, except with sophisticated devices. So the truth is, earthquakes are far less scary than you may think. Earthquakes of 4.0+ on the Richter Scale (the threshold above which people can actually feel quakes) aren't daily occurences, and the truly terrifying quakes (6.0+) are far rarer than tornadoes and hurricanes. You get major quakes maybe once or twice a decade.\n\nBut if that's not enough to assuage you, then you should know that the major faultlines run north to south through California. That means most of the state is vulnerable to temblors.\n\nBut I've lived here my entire life. I've felt my share of shake-ups, and it doesn't scare me. Big quakes are rare enough that they don't bother people.
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You can't live in fear of dieing. It will happen to all of us. Besides every time you ride in a car or walking down the street, ride your bike, you are more likely to get hurt or die that the people in California die or getting in an earthquake. You are more likely to die in your own home than they are to die in an earthquake. I have seen so many reports of people dieing in bed or on the couch from drive by shootings, or cars crashing through a house. Where are you going to live to escape all the things that can kill you?
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Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake#Size_and_frequency_of_occurrence for your answer.\n\nGood Luck!!!
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Go to the United States Geological Survey website at www.usgs.gov  They have a list of the most recent earthquakes. It's kind of a fun site to see anyway.
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Yes, in fact the Pacific Ocean is surrounded by what is called The Ring of Fire, regions of intense volcanic and seismic activity. Earthquakes are generated by the collision of tectonic plates. This can cause fissure in the crust allowing the magma to rise to the surface where it collects in cavities and becomes the source for volcanoes.
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Yes, there are. I have experienced several including the Nisqually Earthquake on 2/28/2001 that registered 6.8 and caused a significant amount of damage. \n\nThe site I added below gives more information about the major faults that are located under the water near the city.
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No,\nEarthquakes are caused by the movement of the tectonic plates making up the Earth's crust.  As they slide across eachother, they can cause Earthquakes, this is why areas which are "Earthquake prone" tend to lie along major fault lines.\n\nThe gravitational effects of other plants upon Earth are minimum at most.  Although according to Newton's law of universal gravitation, anything with mass in the universe is gravitationally attracted to anything else with mass in the universe, this attraction diminishes with the square of the distance.  Although massive by everyday standards, the other plants are just too small and too far away to have any significant impact on the Earth.
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because the desert hardly ever has severe weather, therefore a tornado cant destroy them. as for earthquakes, a fault line has not been discovered in the desert, but its nothing but sand.
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Actually about two earth tremors are felt every year in Hong Kong. They are small, and less frequent than in other areas, however Hong Kong is NOT necessarily safe from earthquakes. \n\nThe nearest known plate boundary (of the Eurasian and Pacific plates) is about 600 km away, but there are still occasional midplate earthquakes that occur (seismologists do not know the origin of these). However, this does not mean that there is not some other fault nearby that has not revealed itself. Microplates near plate boundaries do exist, and sometimes these are surrounded by "locked" faults (because sufficient stress has not accumulated to overcome the resistance presented by asperities).  This can either mean that the chance of earthquakes is reduced, but it can also mean that if these asperities are overcome, the energy release can be substantial. \n\nThe Hong Kong government seismic observatory states that:\n\n"Several scientific studies carried out recently showed that in Hong Kong, the return period for an Intensity V (5) tremor would be 15 to 20 years and that for an Intensity VII (7) tremor would be 350 to 400 years." \n\nThe intensity scale is known as the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. An intensity of V corresponds to a magnitude of 4.3 to 4.8 on the Richter scale. An intensity of VII corresponds to a magnitude of 4.8 to 6.2 on the Richter scale.\n\nAccording to the official government of Hong Kong publication on earthquake hazards in Hong Kong:\n\n"Every year, about two earth tremors are felt in Hong Kong. To put this in context, studies into earthquake risk in Hong Kong carried out by the Geotechnical Engineering Office (GEO) classified the seismicity of Hong Kong and the adjoining Guangdong Province as "low to moderate". The earthquake hazard in Hong Kong is therefore considered to be very much lower than in areas such as Japan, Taiwan and the western USA which lie close to the earth's more seismically active zones along crustal plate boundaries. However, earthquake risk in Hong Kong cannot be regarded as negligible."
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Because of the major fault line running through it. Do a Google on 'fault line' and California.
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It didn't occur in San Fransisco.  It occurred along the San Andreas fault.  San Fransisco was just one of the major cities effected.  It happened in October during the World Series.  What are you looking to find out about it?
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There are earthquakes all the time.  Do you mean a destructive one?  That would be the quake that interrupted a game during the 1989 World Series when the Giants were playing at home.  Do you mean one some people just barely felt or noticed?  Earlier this month.  Do you mean one detected only by seismograph?  Probably within the last fifteen minutes.\nThe San Andreas fault runs right through San Francisco Bay, and there are plenty of other active faults in the area.
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I don't think so. Because California is not in the list.\nAlthough is it undeniable that California is constantly attack by heavy wind but the activity of volcanoes and earthquakes will not induce typoon to California.
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Thunderstorms require 2 things:\n* Moisture \n* Rapidly rising warm air\n\nWhile Southern California does have a source of moisture (the Pacific Ocean), it does not have the rapidly rising warm air (or unstable air) necessary for a thunderstorm.  The air over SoCal is generally stable.  It lifts when it gets to the mountains, which is one place where thunderstorms do occur.
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hypocenter\nlearn more at\nhttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/facts.php