Chances of 9.0 earthquake, large tsunami are very low
(NEWSER) - As Californians worry that their state might be next , officials are reassuring them that the specific combination of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis that hit Japan is very unlikely there. Though one of the state’s two nuclear power plants was only built to withstand a 7.0 quake and the other a 7.5, experts believe the highest possible quake at nearby faultlines would be in the low 7s, not the 8.9 that occurred in Japan, the Los Angeles Times reports. More»