Uh-ohUSGS Scientist Warns That Hayward Fault Could Produce a Major Earthquake "Any Day Now"

Posted By Julia Carrie Wong on Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 4:18 PM

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You may have slept through last night's 4.0 magnitude earthquake, but at least one U.S. Geological Service scientist wants to make sure you don't sleep again.

Tom Brocher, a scientist with the USGS, told CBS that the Hayward Fault, which produced last night's trembles, is due to produce a major earthquake "any day now."

Per CBS:

“The population is now 100 times bigger in the East Bay, so we have many more people that will be impacted,” said Tom Brocher, a research geophysicist with the USGS.

“We keep a close eye on the Hayward Fault because it does sit in the heart of the Bay Area and when we do get a big earthquake on it, it’s going to have a big impact on the entire Bay Area,” Brocher said.

While a 2008 report put the probability of a 6.7-magnitude or larger earthquake on the Hayward-Rodgers Creek Fault system over the next 30 years at 31 percent, Brocher said the reality is a major quake is expected on the fault “any day now.”

“The past five major earthquakes on the fault have been about 140 years apart, and now we’re 147 years from that 1868 earthquake, so we definitely feel that could happen any time,” Brocher said.Bocher has been sounding the alarm on the Hayward Fault for a while now. In 2008, he was the lead author of a USGS report that described the fault as a "tectonic time bomb" and warned that a 6.8-7.0 magnitude quake could "could cause hundreds of deaths, leave thousands homeless, and devastate the region’s economy." Among the factors that lead the report's authors to suggest that the Hayward Fault is the country's most dangerous one are the facts that it is the "single most urbanized earthquake fault in the United States" and that "critical regional gas and water pipelines and electrical transmission lines cross." You can read the full reporthere [pdf].

And if that doesn't freak you out enough, have you checked out the USGS liquefaction maps for your neighborhood? About 25% of the Bay Area is considered to have Very High, High or Moderate susceptibility to liquefaction.

Sweet dreams.

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Screenshot of the USGS liquefaction map. Follow the link to zoom in on your hood.

7/23/2015 -- West Coast LARGE Earthquake Warning -- USGS quote "any day now"

Published on Jul 23, 2015

Warning issued for a large earthquake to strike the West coast near San Francisco California (quote) "Any day now" comes from professionals:

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015...
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New Yorker article calling for a M9.2 earthquake along the West coast in the near term future:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

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TV News ticker accidentally shows M9.0 "mega-quake" announcement for San Francisco California on live TV:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpQAx...

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Download a copy of earthquake 3D:

http://www.wolton.net/quake.html

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Fracking earthquakes return along the edge of the craton in Texas:

http://dutchsinse.com/7182015-dallas-...

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Fracking earthquake (M4.4) strikes Oklahoma largest event of the year so far:

http://dutchsinse.com/7202015-notewor...

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M7.0 strikes the Soloman Sea in the West Pacific:

http://dutchsinse.com/7182015-earthqu...

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Five Volcanoes erupting at once in Indonesia:

http://tatoott1009.com/2015/07/22/fiv...

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Confirmed rising of the West coast (blamed on the DROUGHT!?)

http://news.discovery.com/earth/weath...

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Yellowstone region rises 2 inches in 4-6 months time, moved 1/2 inch Southeast :

http://dutchsinse.com/4102014-yellows...

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Pacific Northwest magma chambers below volcanoes are repressurizing:

http://dutchsinse.com/512014-pacific-...

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Deep Asthenosphere earthquakes cause shallow larger earthquakes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbKSk...
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North American Craton Volcanism explained:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEvk7...

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ALL COMMENTS (242)

8 hours ago

..a message from the {{;'';"';":QUAKERS;'"';';":}}
..thank you ☼ dutchsinse

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8 hours ago

MSM's warnings could be from watching your informative videos. Maybe? I would rather your info than theirs anyways. Thanks, dutch.

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9 hours ago

USGS posted a retraction.

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3 hours ago

+dutchsinse lol ...thanks, I needed that!!!!!

1 hour ago

+dutchsinse Dutch,Honestly,Do You Think There Is Going To Be A Massive Earthquake There?

9 hours ago (edited)

Earlier this month i believe msnbc, mightve been another network, sent out a message (one of those bottom of the screen scrollers) that said 9.0 quake hits bay area....literally at the same time frame as this
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Ive been corrected...it was CNN...which is no more surprising :P

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46 minutes ago

+RanndomUndead They are warning.  Nothing happens by accident.

45 minutes ago

+halojump123 Exactly.  Dominoes planned for us.

9 hours ago

There are seashells to be found, along with the arrow heads....just under the topsoil in Arizona, at 5000 ft in elevation, along the Mogollon Rim...

A bit off topic, but this was just in case people have trouble believing these places were under water, NOT so long ago....
...and they will be again.

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7 hours ago

+kittensugars In  Canon City, Colorado,  if you go on top of the scenic drive, there are ocean fossils at eye level and a little marker explaining them, kinda cool if you are nearby.

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7 hours ago

+kittensugars And I've found fish fossils in NYS.

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7 hours ago

I wonder if there has been any lift of the ground around those old volcanoes? Dutch I think you are "the sht" by the way, and I, for one, have learned a lot from you. Thank you for what you do. ~Me The People

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6 hours ago

I also wonder if some of these "hot spots' similar to the kind melting the road up in yellow stone could be starting some of those fires. Because looking at the RSOE there's fires all around the caldera

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1 hour ago

+Me The People Perspectives ...He's The BEST Hands Down !!!!!!

6 hours ago

Sirius begins rising NOW on the Giza plateau.
August 6th to 10th is the next CRITICAL quake window... just weeks away.
The clash of the Kings (Jupiter & Regulus) is on our doorstep!

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1 hour ago

Wow

6 hours ago

7-23 is the seventh month. In the Roman calendar, SEPT is the 7th month. So 7-23 is 9-23

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5 hours ago (edited)

+Enterthe5t4rz​​ ANY DAY NOW =122 in simple gematria     San Francisco=122     ANY DAY NOW also =732 in english gematria
732+237=969   9.69 km/s is the orbital speed of Saturn.
Even the date 23/7  is in the english gematria
Dont know what this all means
2+3=5  7    57 mirror 75 7 2+3=5   75
5775 we are in the hebrew year 5775

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1 hour ago

+Rita 511 You've got some CRAZY numerology.  If I looked up "gematria" would I get an explanation of how this works.  I'd be more on board, I would say Sept 24th.,  This is getting VERY INTERESTING...!!!

8 hours ago

Did you delete that Chattanooga video or did YouTube??

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5 hours ago

I only got to see 1 min of it

4 hours ago

i think 'any day now' is a bit more broad than within the next 5 days, though it does seem to infer that it will be soon.

8 hours ago

Do u think theyre gonna start fracking on the west coast and so thats why they know it will cause an earthquake ?? Thank u so much !

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6 hours ago

They have already started in the Culver City/Los Angeles area.

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4 hours ago

A continuation of the previous Report of movement in our Earth's Crust and Earthquake warnings from the Dutchsinse Channel. Dutch also talks about the USGS West Coast warning and the precursor movements happening in the Area.
   Peace  Y

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9 hours ago

During the July 10th Today Show on CNN a news ticker all of a sudden reported, "Massive 9.0 earthquake hits Bay Area" and then quickly disappeared. July 10th on the Julian calendar is July 23rd on the Gregorian calendar. July 10th is the 191st day of the year. On July 23rd there will be 161 days remaining until the end of the year. 191 is the reflection of 161.

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