California Earthquakes: 3 Areas Of San Andreas Fault System Overdue

Monday, October 13, 2014 - 18:20 in Earth & Climate

Four urban sections of the San Andreas Fault system in Northern California have stored enough energy to produce major earthquakes, according to a new study of 'fault creep', and three fault sections, near Hayward, Rodgers Creek and Green Valley, are nearing or past their average recurrence interval.  read more

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