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Predicting the Next Big One

Audio Report on Oct 12, 2009 by KQED QUEST staff from QUEST Northern California
Topics: Environment, Geology, Radio

It's been twenty years since the Loma Prieta Earthquake ravaged downtown Santa Cruz and damaged San Francisco's Marina District and the Bay Bridge. QUEST looks at the dramatic improvements in earthquake prediction technology since 1989. But what can be done with ten seconds of warning?

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