Roger Kanet, professor in the Department of International Studies, has published two edited collections: The United States and Europe in a Changing World and A Resurgent Russia and the West: The European Union, NATO and Beyond. Kanet’s other recent publications include, with Edward A. Kolodziej, From Superpower to Besieged Global Power: Implications for American Foreign Policy and Global Order; Russia: Re-Emerging Great Power; and The New Security Environment: The Impact on Russia, Central and Eastern Europe.

With an average of four mini-earthquakes per day, Southern California’s San Jacinto fault constantly adjusts to make it a less likely candidate for a major earthquake than its quiet neighbor to the east, the Southern San Andreas fault, according to an article in the journal Nature Geoscience.

“Those minor to moderate events along the San Jacinto fault relieve some of the stress built by the constantly moving tectonic plates,” said Shimon Wdowinski, research associate professor at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.

Previous estimates may have overstated the likelihood of a major event on the 140-mile long San Jacinto fault, which begins between Palm Springs and Los Angeles and runs south toward the Salton Sea east of San Diego. The US Geological Survey (USGS) is forecasting a 31 percent chance that an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 or higher on the Richter Scale will occur on the San Jacinto fault in the next 30 years. Only the San Andreas fault, with a 59 percent chance, is more likely to have a major event during the same period.

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