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What scientists can do, with fair reliability, is estimate the magnitude of tremors likely to occur on a particular fault. In general, the longer the rupture, the more powerful the expected quake. Unlike the San Andreas, the Elysian Park system is not large enough to unleash an earthquake of magnitude 8. But some scientists believe it might be capable of a 7 or even a 7.5, especially if more than one fault segment should give way at the same time. This is what happened in 1992, when the Landers earthquake hopscotched from one fault to another, in the process gathering...
...recognize all the members of President Clinton's Cabinet will note as they watch his State of the Union address on Jan. 25 that one Secretary is missing from the audience. It is a little-known tradition that one Cabinet member does not attend the speech, lest some calamity occur and wipe out everyone in the line of succession to the presidency. There is no rule for how the designee is chosen, but he or she is typically told at the last minute. For too long, the men and women who shoulder this terrible burden have done so in obscurity...
Professor of Geology Adam M. Dziewonski was quick to say that seismologists aren't glad when earthquakes occur, although he did point out that many earthquakes do not cause the kind of damage sustained in California...
...only predict that a type of earthquakewill occur in your area," said Ekstrom...
...Spielberg's masterstrokes is the manner in which he depicts Schindler's conversion from apolitical bon vivant to moral hero. The transformation does not occur with a sudden flash of light from the heavens; instead, it develops slowly and credibly as Schindler becomes increasingly aware of the Nazis's deeds...