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The San Jacinto Fault Zone and the San Andreas Fault (SAF) accommodate up to 80% of the slip rate between the North American and Pacific plates.The extreme southern portion of the SAF has experienced two moderate events in historical times, while the SJFZ is one of California's most active fault zones and has repeatedly produced both moderate and large events.
The fault is part of a complex plate boundary system known as the San Andreas Fault System. It runs parallel to the San Andreas Fault, west of the Salton Sea, and is separated from the San Andreas Fault by the San Jacinto Mountains to its east. It cuts under cities including Hemet, Colton, and San Bernardino along the way, before joining the ...
The San Jacinto Fault Zone is a major strike-slip fault zone that runs through San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial counties in Southern California.The SJFZ is a component of the larger San Andreas transform system and is considered to be the most seismically active fault zone in the area.
The range is a fault block of granitic rocks squeezed between the San Jacinto fault on the west and the San Andreas fault system on the east. The fault scarp on the northern and eastern side is one of the most abrupt in North America, going from sea level to 10,000 feet in a few miles.
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, ...
The 800-mile San Andreas Fault is one of the largest fault lines in the world. A meeting of the North American and Pacific tectonic plates, this transform fault (where two tectonic plates move ...
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 ...