Evidence for Shared Earthquakes Between San Andreas and San Jacinto Faults (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Evidence for Shared Earthquakes Between San Andreas and San Jacinto Faults

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A small fault lying between the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults provides evidence for past earthquakes that involved both major faults. Geologists Tom Rockwell (San Diego State) and Michael Oskin (UC Davis) work in a trench into the fault.

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Alba Rodriguez Padilla

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