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Multiple earthquakes shook California's Bay Area Thursday afternoon. The earthquakes occurred near Hayward, around 20 miles southeast of Oakland, with the strongest one hitting at 1:59 p.m. local ...
Jones noted this is where "the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults come together. In 1970, there was a M5.2 with a M4.0 foreshock in close to the same location." In 1970, there was a M5.2 with a M4 ...
Scientists believe they may have found a reason why the San Andreas Fault, the largest seismic hazard in California, has been dormant for more than three centuries.. The average timespan between ...
Simplified fault map of southern California The faults of Southern California viewed to the southeast, as modeled by the Southern California Earthquake Center. Highlighted in purple are the San Andreas Fault (left) and Santa Monica Bay complex (right). The foreground is in the Santa Barbara Channel, the east-trending zone marks the Transverse ...
Early studies indicated the earthquake was on the Newport-Inglewood fault due to the proximity of the damage, but a later study in 2002 indicated the San Andreas fault was the cause. More recent studies suggest a joint rupture which included both the San Andreas Fault, and San Jacinto Fault are more accepted scenarios. Around 40 people died ...
A major earthquake on the San Andreas fault would result in perhaps 50 seconds of strong shaking in downtown L.A. ... It has been several years since a magnitude 5.2 or greater earthquake hit ...
The Elsinore Fault Zone is a large right-lateral strike-slip geological fault structure in Southern California. The fault is part of the trilateral split of the San Andreas Fault system and is one of the largest, though quietest faults in Southern California.
The fault line absolutely devastated San Francisco back in 1906, and also wreaked havoc in southern California in 1857. While the fault hasn’t experienced a similar shake in the 21st century ...