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Shallow earthquakes, deeper tremors along southern San Andreas fault compared by researchers

Crustal structure and tectonics from the Los Angeles basin to the Mojave Desert, southern California Seismologists working along California’s San Andreas Fault near Cholame and Parkfield now have a better idea of how and where friction changes along the fault … Continue reading

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Maximum observed earthquake magnitudes along continental transform faults

One of the world?s most famous faults: the Californian Andreas Fault Continental transform faults evolve when two plates slide along each other. The most prominent examples are the San Andreas Fault in California and the North Anatolian Fault in Turkey. … Continue reading

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