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Last week, there were reports that a series of small earthquakes were recorded in California that generated a few news headlines. The state is notorious for earthquake activity. It’s estimated that ...
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Earthquake Rattles Southern California
An earthquake that shook Southern California today was centered near the community of Julian, about 45 miles northeast of San Diego. Shaking was also felt in the Los Angeles area.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the seismic activity along the San Andreas Fault, which spans 800 miles from Cape Mendocino in the north to the Salton Sea in the south. Scientists warn ...
The little-known Elsinore fault is branch of the infamous San Andreas fault, stretching over 100 miles across Southern California, from the US-Mexico border, through San Diego and Riverside ...
That two inches -- the average distance the San Andreas fault moves each year -- has the potential to unleash an earthquake of epic proportions directly under the San Francisco and San Jose area ...
This sudden jerk creates an earthquake. The San Andreas Fault is undoubtedly the most famous transform boundary in the world. To the west of the fault is the Pacific plate, which is moving northwest.