common carotid artery - runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries. common carotid. arteria carotis, carotid artery - either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta.
The horrific earthquake that struck Nepal Saturday did not come as a surprise to experts. They knew it was coming. In fact, just last week a group of earthquake specialists gathered in Kathmandu to try to figure out how the country could prepare for the major earthquake they feared was imminent.
The last mega-earthquake to hit Southern California was in 1857. The magnitude-7.9 earthquake started up in Parkfield in Monterey County and barreled south on the San Andreas fault for about 200 miles, through Fort Tejon and then east toward the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County.