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Jack Varian, owner of the V6 ranch in Parkfield, CA, surveys his cattle. When asked about earthquakes, Varian says that it is no such a big deal for the people of Parkfield as real damage rarely occurs. "A drought is more devastating" he says. The town of Parkfield, located on the San Andreas Fault in central California, is one of the world’s most seismically active areas. Its inhabitants like to call it the "Earthquake Capital of the World". It has been the site of an intensive earthquake study since the late 1970's and a team of scientists recently reached the fault’s active zone through a 2-mile deep borehole. This project, named SAFOD, is a major step in learning more about earthquakes and maybe predicting them.
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