dding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] A newly discovered structure found along the San Andreas Fault near the Salton Sea could trigger the next big Southern California earthquake. A study by the Geological Society of America concludes the so-called Durmid ladder structure could be ground zero for the next “big […]

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A newly discovered structure found along the San Andreas Fault near the Salton Sea could trigger the next big Southern California earthquake.

A study by the Geological Society of America concludes the so-called Durmid ladder structure could be ground zero for the next “big one” on the San Andreas fault.

San Francisco based TV station KRON4 asked the U.S. Geological Survey’s Dr. Walter Mooney to comment on the discovery.

“If you have a ladder and you break a rung or a step, then the ladder begins to deform, and if you break another rung, well I wouldn’t want to be on that ladder because the whole thing, both sides could go,” Dr. Mooney said.

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Salton Sea Could be Ground Zero for Next Big California Earthquake