James Dolan

earthquake geologist and professor of Earth Sciences at USC

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A couple of big earthquakes interrupted the Independence Day weekend. The epicenter of the 6.4 and 7.1 magnitude quakes was in Ridgecrest, about 100 miles from the San Andreas fault.

Do the recent quakes tell us anything about the big one?

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