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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 foreground is in the Santa Barbara Channel, the east-trending zone marks the Transverse Range. Faults in the upper left are part of the Eastern California Shear Zone, connecting northward with the Walker Lane region. Faults extend deeper than shown. Cumulative energy released by all earthquakes in Southern California from 1932 through July ...
The Los Angeles Basin is situated along the coast of Southern California at the confluence of the Transverse Ranges and the Peninsular Ranges.The basin is under the influence of several strike-slip and blind thrust faults with geodetic studies providing evidence of the northern basin being shortened in the north–south or northeast–southwest directions at a rate of 4.5–5 millimetres (0.18 ...
The LA wildfires across the state of California this week have taken the lives of 5 individuals and thousands displaced from their homes. These before and after pictures show the wildlife's ...
The entirety of Interstate 5 in California is defined in the California Streets and Highways Code as Route 5, which is defined as such in section 305: [4]. Route 5 is from the international boundary near Tijuana to the Oregon state line via National City, San Diego, Los Angeles, the westerly side of the San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento, and Yreka; also passing near Santa Ana, Glendale, Woodland ...
Violent fires will remain possible until the extreme weather pendulum swings back to wet and California gets a soaking winter rain. Climate change is making when that will happen even harder to ...
English: A route map of Interstate 5 in California — part of the federal Interstate 5 system. Source Email me if you would like a copy of the GIS data I created for the highways.
A month after a devastating blaze in Southern California, red flag warnings have been issued across Los Angeles and parts of the region Monday as strong wind gusts could potentially cause ...