SoCal Could See Northridge-Size Earthquake in Next 30 Years: Expert

Troops of the California National Guard erect a tent to house earthquake victims at the Winnetka Recreation Center in Northridge, Calif., on Jan. 22, 1994. The National Guard is building tent cities at various public parks to house thousands of people who are afraid to return home or whose homes were damaged by the Northridge earthquake on Jan. 17, 1994. Bob Pearson/AFP via Getty Images

Scientists studying earthquake fault zones in the Los Angeles and Orange County region said there’s a possibility for the area to experience a tremor comparable to the destructive 1994 Northridge earthquake in the next 30 years.

Southern California was too far away to be affected by recent earthquake activity in Mexico’s Michoacán area Sept. 19 and 20 but there is a good chance for destructive quakes in the region, Morgan Page, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Pasadena, Calif., told The Epoch Times.