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Shaky Ground: Weather Connection?

KHSU

Published August 7, 2017 at 3:22 PM PDT

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Earthquakes occur on faults and fault ruptures many miles beneath the surface. Dr. Lori Dengler says we needn't worry about storms and surface water affecting our seismic reality.

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