"If you take the last 30 years as your definition of how often you should expect to be feeling earthquakes, you are underestimating the long-term rate," said seismologist Lucy Jones.
"Since Northridge, in the L.A. area, we’ve been seeing fewer earthquakes, and having fewer damaging ones, than the long-term rate would imply," noted Lucy Jones, highlighting an anomaly in recent seismic activity.
Between 1964 and 1994, Los Angeles faced two big earthquakes, resulting in substantial casualties and damage. The Northridge quake, in particular, caused about $20 billion in damage and $40 billion in economic losses.
The Los Angeles area has not faced significant damaging earthquakes in the last 30 years. This reflects a stark contrast to the previous decades of catastrophic seismic events.
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