‘The Big One’ is Almost Certain to Hit California by 2045

Aerial view of wrecked cars litter the connector ramp from Interstate 5 to Highway 14 following the Northridge earthquake on Jan. 17, 1994, in Northridge, California. Carlos Schiebeck/AFP/Getty Images

An article published Jan. 30 by The Conversation has started quite a few conversations about ‘The Big One.’

The article titled “California’s other drought: A major earthquake is overdue” is the work of Geophysics Professor Richard Aster of Colorado State University, and what this academic has to say in the article is pretty alarming.