According to Nostradamus, “to darken and trouble air, sky and land,” with an earthquake that will “rend the land asunder.” A west coast earthquake of a 9 magnitude would echo up the faultline, causing gas and water lines to break, hospitals to crumble, and liquefaction that swallows everything. People would die, but many more would survive with no place to live and no infrastructure to provide food, water, medical assistance, or housing. If it hit LA and San Francisco, two of the largest cities in the fifth largest economy would be demolished, grinding world trade to a halt. And God helps us all if it ignited the volcanoes in the ring of fire.