{
  "id": 11684924,
  "title": "Scientists find an “earthquake gate” as California fault stress hits a 1,000-year high",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/scientists-find-an-earthquake-gate-as-california-fault-stress-hits-a",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-02T04:58:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261001095521.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers say stress on Southern California’s San Andreas and San Jacinto faults has reached some of the highest levels seen in a 1,000-year simulation. Because both faults are highly stressed at the same time, the Cajon Pass junction may be increasingly primed for a rupture that could cross both systems, although the study does not predict when an earthquake will happen.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}