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What triggered California’s 7.0 earthquake — and why aftershocks could hit San Andreas Fault
Look up your address on this map Preliminary data suggests the fault that triggered ... The North American plate sits just to the south. “This is the area in which the San Andreas Fault meets ...
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San Andreas Fault
The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North ...
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Slippin' and a Slidin'
Rather, two plates move against each other, building up tension, then releasing the tension in a sudden and often violent jerk. This sudden jerk creates an earthquake. The San Andreas Fault is ...
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Silicon Valley Must Remember This If An Earthquake Hits: 'Don't Make Real Life A Beta Test'
That two inches -- the average distance the San ... San Andreas fault. The West Coast is ground zero for several fault lines due to the movement of the earth between two major tectonic plates ...
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Plate tectonic theory – WJEC
A large scale landform found along a conservative plate boundary is a fault line. One of the most active fault lines in the world is the San Andreas fault line in California, USA.