According to a major study published in ScienceDaily, researchers have identified a critical “earthquake gate” interaction between Southern California’s San Andreas and San Jacinto faults. Tectonic stress in the region has officially escalated to the highest levels seen in a comprehensive 1,000-year stress simulation. Because both structural fault systems are heavily strained at the same time, geologists warn that a sudden rupture in one could automatically trigger the other, paving the way for a massive, multi-fault earthquake scenario.
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