Resumen de Pacific earthquake.
The article examines the effects and consequences of a major earthquake striking California. The article is part of a special section of the magazine in which factors of change concerning life on Earth are examined. A number of elements are explored including the likelihood of the region being struck by an earthquake by the year 2038, the loss of life such a seismic event would engender, and the impact that earthquake preparation has on California building codes. Geophysicist Robert Yeats of Oregon State University is quoted.
