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　　A Great Quake Coming?
　　Everyone who lives in San Francisco knows that earthquakes are common in the bav had keen devastating in 1906，for example，a major quake destroyed about 28.000 buildings andkilled hundreds，perhaps thousands of people. Residents now wonder when the next"big one"'s bound to happen least seven active fault（断层）lines run through the SanFrancisco ts are places where pieces of earth's crust（地壳）slide past each these pieces slip，the ground shakes.
　　To prepare for that ntists are using new techniques to reanalyze the 1906 earthquake and predict how bad the damage might be when the next one happens. One new finding about the 1906 quake is that the San Andreas Fault split apart faster than scientists had assumed at the ng small earthquakes，faults rupture at about 2.7 kilometersper ng bigger quakes，however，ruptures can happen at rates faster than 3.5 kilometersper second.
　　At such high speeds，massive amounts of pressure build up，generating underground waves that can cause more damage than the quake y for San Fancisco，these pressure pulses（脉冲） traveled alway from the city duffng the 1906 bad as the damage was，it could have been farWorse.
　　Looking ahead，scientists are trying to predict when the next major quake will rds show that earthquakes were common before 1906 event. Since then，the area has been relatively ems in the data，however，suggest that the probability of a major earthquake striking the bay area before 2032 is at least 62 percent.
　　New buildings in san Francisco are quite safe in case of future l，more than 84 percent of the city's buildings are old and yses suggest that another massive earthquake would cause extensive damage.
　　People who live there today tend to feel safe because San Francisco has remained pretty qmet for a eding to the new research，however，it's not a matter of whether the big one will hit. It's just a matter of when.
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　　 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is the most severe one in American history.
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　　 highest speed of fault ruptures in the 1906 quake was more than 3.5 kilometers per second
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　　hquakes rarely happened in San Francisco before 1906.
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　　 Francisco is fully prepared for another big earthquake.
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　　ntists will be able to predict the exact time of an earthquake soon.
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　　22.A major earthquake striking San Francisco someday is inevitable.
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