San Andreas fault
San Andreas fault Geological
fault line extending more than 965km (600mi) through California. It lies on the boundary between the North American and the Eastern Pacific plates of the Earth's crust.
Plate tectonic movement causes several thousand
earthquakes each year, although only a few are significant.
San Francisco lies close to the fault line, and is prone to earthquake damage. The most destructive earthquake occurred in 1906, when it horizontally displaced land around the fault by up to 6.4m (21ft) and killed 503 people. Notable tremors also occurred in 1989 and 1994.
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Possible Link Found Between Earthquakes Along Cascadia and San Andreas Faults.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 4/3/2008; 700+ words
; ...an amazing coincidence or one fault triggered the other," said...relationship between the plate boundary faults for earlier periods of time...which was initiated along the San Andreas Fault just off the San Francisco coast on April 18...
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Scientists get personal with San Andreas fault
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 10/5/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...actually hold the San Andreas fault in my hands...major active faults that separate...part of the fault is creeping...within the San Andreas faults creeping zone...the Hayward fault's split personality...clues about the San Andreas fault. ...
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It's our fault. (San Andreas Fault in California)
Magazine article from: Sunset; 6/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...miles deep. (What seismologists call the San Andreas fault system takes in more terrain, as it includes faults that branch off from the San Andreas such as the Hayward in the San Francisco Bay...
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Tremors on southern San Andreas Fault may mean increased earthquake risk.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health & Science; 8/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...several active earthquake fault zones around the world...locked segments of the faults and presumably an increased...instrumented segment of the San Andreas Fault near Parkfield, Calif...the 6.5-magnitude San Simeon quake in 2003 and...
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TREMORS ON SOUTHERN SAN ANDREAS FAULT MAY MEAN INCREASED QUAKE RISK
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...several active earthquake fault zones around the world...locked segments of the faults and presumably an increased...instrumented segment of the San Andreas Fault near Parkfield, Calif...the 6.5-magnitude San Simeon quake in 2003 and...
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San Andreas a fault with mystique
Newspaper article from: Whittier Daily News; 6/26/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Andreas is a strike-slip fault, meaning the two plates...past each other. The faults that can generate earthquakes...another. Smaller thrust faults also can be dangerous...that the Puente Hills fault beneath Los Angeles discovered...spread to Orange and San Bernardino counties ...
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San Andreas fault may have many faces. (potential for further earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area)
Magazine article from: Science News; 12/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...toward the fault. To explain...ruptured separate faults in the San Andreas system: one...side of the fault to ride up...of multiple faults makes sense because of the San Andreas' complex geometry...Cruz. The fault bends there...
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Scientists check 'pregnant' fault: San Andreas fault could provide greatest quake
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 1/2/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...study of those second-tier faults, scientists again are highlighting the San Andreas as the rupture without rival...borrowed time. "The primary fault in California - the big dog - is the San Andreas, and it's important for people...
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EXPLORE, HIKE SAN ANDREAS FAULT: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNVEIL NEW GUIDEBOOK
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/12/2006; 700+ words
; ...information about earthquakes and faults, contains lots of color photos...working on the Peninsula, the San Andreas Fault is our main seismic hazard...Loma Prieta earthquakes along the San Andreas fault zone, and their impacts...
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San Andreas Fault Due for 'Big One'
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 6/21/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Considered (NPR) 06-21-2006 San Andreas Fault Due for 'Big One' Host: ROBERT...earthquake potential on the southern san andreas fault. Translation, when...interseismic deformation around the San Andreas Fault. SIEGEL: Well, did you see...
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San Andreas fault
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
San Andreas fault great fracture (see fault ) of the earth's crust...California. It is the principal fault of an intricate network of faults extending more than 600...Gulf of California. The San Andreas fault, a strike-slip fault...
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fault
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...The two classes of faults include the dip-slip...thrust (reverse) faults; and strike-slip (movement parallel to the fault plane). The San Andreas fault of California is of this type. In dip-slip faults the term "hanging...
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San Francisco Earthquakes
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKES SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKES. The city of San Francisco, California, rests on part of the San Andreas fault and endures hundreds of minor seismic tremors...
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San Francisco
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...In the years after the gold rush, San Francisco continued to grow as California...morning of Apr. 18, 1906, the great San Andreas fault, which extends up and down the California coast, shifted violently, and San Francisco was shaken by an earthquake...
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Transform Plate Boundary
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...relay stepping of faults result in localized dilatation or contraction. Some segments of the San Andreas and other major faults in the San Andreas fault system are locked. In such segments, built-up strain may finally be rapidly released, producing...
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