33 Percent Chance of Major Rodgers Creek Quake by 2043

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According to a 2016 study by the USGS, there is a 72 percent chance of a major earthquake of 6.7 or greater in the Bay Area by 2043.

And, researchers say, the odds of that happening along the Rodgers Creek fault is 33 percent.

In the second of two parts, News of the North Bay looks at earthquake threats across Sonoma County and the rest of the North Bay, and how our unique geology makes us especially suseptible to damage.

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