California is located in a hotzone of fault lines that can rupture without warning. One of these faults, the San Andreas, is overdue for a high magnitude earthquake commonly referred to as “The Big One.” Here’s what experts say could happen when it hits the West Coast.

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What If A Mega Earthquake Hit California