A recent research study led by the University of Hawaii at Manoa has provided updated analysis regarding the stress levels related to the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems and seismic risks posed by them.

According to researchers, the stress levels on multiple segments of the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults are critically above “their highest levels in the past 1000 years.”

As per findings published in the Journal of Geophysical research: Solid Earth, these unprecedentedly high levels allow the major rupture to build up as the system has not experienced a “big one” in 160........

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