Everything is unstable and now scientists can only predict various outcomes, one prediction that according to the California Department of Conservation Division of mines and geology will occur in the next 20 to 50 years is an earthquake magnitude 7.5 or greater and has been given the name, "The Big One". ... The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, an organization dedicated to reducing impacts of earthquakes in the states of Washington and Oregon reported, "The earthquake will release enough energy to equal 16,000 Hiroshima nuclear bombs....

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