Monday, May 18, 2015

San Andreas Fault- the big one

firat of the movie San Andreas should technically be renamed to puente hills for Los angles is above the puente hills fault. But one the other hand it should not be changed because San Andreas (in the movie) effects the world,  puente hills effects only L.A.

The last "major" earthquake was in 1860 it was a 7.5 magnitude earthquake. Dr. Jones is a sizemetologist with the USGS and is known for watching a 7.2 E.Q. Dr. Jones is worried about all the buildings that would fall down. Retrofitting is when you reinforce old buildings that would fall over if there was a big E.Q. Today if there was a 7.5 magnitude Earthquake about 18,000 people would die  millions would be homeless and 250 billions in damage. Puente Hills is under L.A. And San Andreas is over 30 miles away from L.A.
Example of San Andreas Fault
L.A. Bad things will happen to this city when earthquake happens