If it were to go, so to speak, and it was an estimated 8.0 earthquake, by the time it hit the lancaster, palmdale, antelope valley area would it still be an 8.0 earthquake or decrease to a size of a 6.0 maybe?
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An earthquake has only one magnitude, which does not change with distance from the epicenter. What varies with distance is a quake’s intensity, which is measured on a different scale.
Since the southern edge of the Antelope Valley is defined by the San Andreas fault zone, and since an earthquake’s shock waves are generated all along the area of fault rupture and not just from the focus, an epicenter anywhere along the fault in Southern California would cause severe shaking in the Antelope Valley. Link is to the “ShakeOut” quake scenario used in last year’s regional earthquake drill.
I live in the Antelope Valley, and I am very scared about that. It would probably be a tad weaker, but it would still be pretty strong.
Depends on where the epicenter is.