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Aerial view of the San Andreas Fault Map of California and surrounding states showing the path of the San Andreas Fault as an orange line running northwest to southeast through California, from near the Pacific coast in the north to the border with Mexico in the south. Neighboring states Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and Idaho are labeled, and a small inset globe indicates the map's location in North America. Aerial photo of the San Andreas Fault with green arrows indicating the horizontal movement of tectonic plates along the fault line, showing parallel ridges and labeled fault features. San Francisco earthquake of 1906 Jagged rock formations rise above green shrubs and trees at Pinnacles National Monument in the Gabilan Range of west-central California. San Francisco earthquake of 1906 San Andreas Fault Map of northern California showing the affected area of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, including San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Bay. Color-coded zones indicate levels of perceived shaking from violent near the epicenter along the San Andreas Fault to moderate further away. The map also marks fault lines, plate boundaries, and the earthquake's epicenter.
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Can ants predict an upcoming earthquake?
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Aerial view of the San Andreas Fault
At the San Andreas Fault in California, the North American Plate and the Pacific...
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San Andreas Fault, California
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Transform boundary of the San Andreas Fault
The San Andreas Fault in California, flanked on either side by rows of distinctive...
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San Francisco earthquake of 1906
A fence near Woodville, California, was displaced 2.6 meters (8.5 feet) near the...
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Pinnacles National Park
Rock formations at Pinnacles National Park, in the Gabilan Range of west-central...
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San Francisco earthquake of 1906
Crowds watching the fires set off by the earthquake in San Francisco in 1906. Photo...
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San Andreas Fault
At the San Andreas Fault in California, the North American Plate and the Pacific...
U.S. Geological Survey
1989 San Francisco–Oakland earthquake
Map of the 1989 San Francisco–Oakland earthquake (also known as the Loma Prieta earthquake)....
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