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To: steve harris who wrote (121228)	7/30/2000 11:25:09 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574205

Steve, I may be wrong, but I thought California's fault is due to two plates shifting. Japan is very close to three or four plates intersecting and shifting. Much more movement. California is typified by periodic catastrophic earthquakes, followed by a predictable time period of quiesence. Both the Bay Area, and L.A. are approaching the end of the quiesence period. Scumbria

To: steve harris who wrote (121228)	7/30/2000 1:08:02 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574205

Re: a little more earthquake news for you... Some current infrastructure assurance concerns are related to increased seismic activity as a result of thermal expansion due to the current increase in average global temperature (whatever its cause, the temperature has been rising steadily). The insurance companies are starting to figure out that weather patterns become more violent and erratic as higher levels of energy are introduced into the system. They don't seem to have picked up on what happens when the surface of an object is heated and the core isn't. Regards, Dan