A segment of the San Andreas Fault directly northeast of Los Angeles is experiencing a 900+ year high level of stress. While this may sound scary, it isn't all that unexpected. Today's video will discuss what exactly this means, and also notes that a segment of the major San Jacinto Fault is all at a 900+ year high stress level. Thumbnail Photo Credit: "SanAndreasCarrizozoSegment1", is a derivative of (resized, cropped, sharpened image, increase image color satuation, text overlay, overlaid with GeologyHub made graphics (the image border & the GeologyHub logo)) from "File:Streak plate with Pyrite and Rhodochrosite.jpg", by: Ikluft, 2007, Posted on Wikimedia Commons at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3106006, additional photo link: http://ian.kluft.com/pics/mojave/20071116/img_0327.jpg, Wikimedia profile link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ikluft, CC BY-SA 4.0. "SanAndreasCarrizozoSegment1" is used & licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Youtube.com/GeologyHub The shown image was taken in the Carrizozo Plains, which is not part of the San Andreas Fault segment this video today's video is discussing. Today's video is NOT a prediction. Earthquakes cannot be predicted. The new information only confirmed that the fault line segment of the San Andreas Fault being discussed could technically rupture (although it's highly unlikely to) as part of a major earthquake in the near future (such an earthquake is far more likely to occur years to decades, perhaps even as much as 50+ years from now in my opinion). You can read the scientific paper this video discusses at: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JB033213 If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode Sources/Citations: [1] U.S. Geological Survey [2] Burkhard, L. M. L., Smith-Konter, B. R., Scharer, K. M., & Sandwell, D. T. (2026). Cajon pass and the southern San Andreas Fault system: Earthquake cycle stress accumulation and present-day loading. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 131, e2025JB033213. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JB033213, CC BY 4.0. 0:00 Near 1,000 Year High 1:19 Fault Stress 2:21 San Jacinto Fault 3:29 Can Both Rupture?