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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Major Quake May Strike Bay Area Next Year, Experts Say


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A map details earthquake activity (black dots) and "surface traces" of major fault lines (red lines) in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Major earthquakes on the Hayward Fault hit the San Francisco Bay Area every 140 years, and 2008 will mark the next anniversary, scientists warned earlier this week.

Map courtesy USGS