San Andreas Fault, major fracture of the Earth’s crust in extreme western North America. The fault trends northwestward for more than 800 miles (1,300 km) from the northern end of the Gulf of California through western California, U.S., passing seaward
In 1857, the massive Fort Tejon earthquake rocked the ground violently and ruptured the San Andreas Fault for 225 miles, from northwest of Parkfield, California, to San Bernardino. Because the region was virtually uninhabited at the time, it killed only two people and destroyed only the Tejon ...
Hall, N. T., 1984, Holocene history of the San Andreas fault between Crystal Springs Reservoir and San Andreas Dam, San Mateo County, California: Seismological Society of America Bulletin, v. 7, p. 281-299.HALL, N. T. (1984), Holocene history of the San ...
Kelley Park, including diverse facilities such as Happy Hollow Park & Zoo (a child-centric amusement park), the Japanese Friendship Garden (Kelley Park), History Park at Kelley Park, and the Portuguese Historical Museum within the history park【参考译文】凯利公园,包括快乐山谷公园和动物园(以儿童为...
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Earthquake history The largest earthquakes in California since European settlers arrived struck in 1857 and 1906 on the San Andreas Fault. The Jan. 9, 1857, Fort Tejon earthquake in southern California, an estimated magnitude 7.9, offset stream channels by as much as 29 feet (9 m). The U....
Continental fault zones are important because they preserve the history ofcrustal deformation(such as thrusting of one rock unit over another during a compressional event), and because destructive earthquakes occur on continental faults, such as the San Andreas and North Anatolian faults. The deformatio...
Article History California, constituent state of the United States of America. It was admitted as the 31st state of the union on September 9, 1850, and by the early 1960s it was the most populous U.S. state. No version of the origin of California’s name has been fully accepted, but...
The premise is not exactly original; following the worst earthquake in history The Rock, a helicopter rescue pilot, sets out to rescue his ex-wife and then with her help his daughter.The science is not too shaky (if you'll forgive the pun); major earthquake along the San Andreas fault ...