Imagine my excitement
Bob Morris @ Aug 21st 2008 01:18 - Category: Unfiled Tags: San Andreas fault
We recently moved to the S.F. pennisula and I just discovered we are now living 2 miles from the San Andreas fault. Yikes.
(Image from the excellent interactive map at Geology.com)
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Ten Bears on 21 Aug 2008 at 5:50 am #
I cannot believe you weren’t aware of that before hand.
Could be worse - you could be on the Oregon/Washington/BC coast.
Eli Stephens on 21 Aug 2008 at 10:48 am #
Actually in some cases the most stable ground is close to the fault. Worse places, like bay infill, are much farther from the fault, but quiver and cause much more damage.
Sue on 21 Aug 2008 at 11:22 am #
We *knew* of course, that the SA was somewhere in the vicinity. But we *imagined* that we could not actually see it from our front porch.