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Published online 21 June 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060619-5
Corrected online: 23 June 2006

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Southern California due major earthquake

Large buildup of strain in the San Andreas fault places region at risk.

Southern California could be in line for a serious quake along the infamous San Andreas fault, seismologists have found. New measurements suggest that the region close to Los Angeles, the traditional earthquake location in Hollywood disaster movies, could feel the effects of a real-life tremor.

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