Study shows large earthquake in Southern California would severely damage the economy

The results of a recent study performed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed that a large earthquake in Southern California would cause significant harm to the buildings and the economy in the region. It said that if the area experienced a quake with a 7.8 magnitude along the San Andreas Fault’s southern portion, there would be millions of employees of hundreds of thousands of businesses in Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial, Ventura, Kern, and Los Angeles counties who would be affected. Not included in this research was San…

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