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  2. San Andreas Fault - Wikipedia

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    Plaque showing location of San Andreas Fault in San Mateo County. The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike-slip transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through the U.S. state of California. [1] It forms part of the tectonic boundary between the Pacific plate and the North American plate. Traditionally ...

  3. Southern California faults - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. File:San Andreas Fault Map IT.svg - Wikipedia

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    The San Andreas fault system and other large faults in California - different segments of the fault display different behavior: Date: 4 December 2009, 11:11 (UTC) Source: San_Andreas_Fault_Map.gif; Author: San_Andreas_Fault_Map.gif: USGS; derivative work: Luigi Chiesa (talk)

  5. San Jacinto Fault Zone - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Dangerous L.A. fault system rivaling the San Andreas tied to ...

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    A simulation of a plausible major southern San Andreas fault earthquake — a magnitude 7.8 that begins near the Mexican border along the fault plane and unzips all the way to L.A. County's ...

  7. San Gorgonio Pass - Wikipedia

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    According to Yule 2009, the pass is the single "largest discontinuity along the San Andreas fault". [4] One active branch of the San Andreas Fault passes through the San Gorgonio Pass roughly parallel and just to the north of interstate 10. Active parts of the Banning, the Garnet Hill and the San Gorgonio Pass Thrust faults are associated with ...

  8. Cajon Pass - Wikipedia

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    Cajon Pass (/ k ə ˈ h oʊ n /; Spanish: Puerto del Cajón or Paso del Cajón) [2] [3] is a mountain pass between the San Bernardino Mountains to the east and the San Gabriel Mountains to the west in Southern California. Created by the movements of the San Andreas Fault, it has an elevation of 3,777 ft (1,151 m). [1]

  9. Experts warn San Andreas fault 'locked, loaded and ready to ...

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    According to the director of the Southern California Earthquake Center the San Andreas fault's southern stretch is overdue for a very serious earthquake.