BendiNewsTest: California will see a major earthquake in the next three decades, scientists say

Some time in the next 30 years, a major earthquake will rock California. That’s a certainty in the eyes of scientists, who have been studying seismic activity for years in an effort to gain more insight into California’s future. The chances of a mega, magnitude-8 quake hitting the coastal state is now up to 7 percent, up from 4.7 percent based on past estimations. That’s a small figure, which pales in comparison to the greater than 99 percent change that California will be shaken by a magnitude-6.7 quake, similar in strength to the 1994 Northridge tragedy.