San Andreas Fault - Wikipedia
The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike-slip transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through the U.S. state of California. [1] It forms part of the tectonic boundary between the Pacific plate and the North American plate .
San Andreas Fault Line - Fault Zone Map and Photos - Geology.com
What is the San Andreas Fault? The San Andreas Fault is the sliding boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. It slices California in two from Cape Mendocino to the Mexican border. San Diego, Los Angeles and Big Sur are on the Pacific Plate. San Francisco, Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada are on the North American Plate.
San Andreas Fault Map: What Cities Would Be Affected When …
2021年9月24日 · The California Earthquake Authority wrote on their website that the San Andreas Fault line is one of the largest in the world that runs more than 800 miles from the Salton Sea to Cape...
San Andreas Fault | California, Earthquakes, Plate Tectonics
2024年12月31日 · 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 into the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of San Francisco.
Interactive Map of the San Andreas Fault - Thule Scientific
By presenting the San Andreas Fault map as interactive web-based imagery, anyone can pinpoint the fault anywhere along its trace. And by using a thin red line, the underlying landscape features are minimally obscured.
The San Andreas fault forms a continuous narrow break in the Earth's crust that extends from northern California southward to Cajon Pass near San Bernardino. Southeastward from Cajon Pass several branching faults, including the San Jacinto and Banning faults, share the movement of the crustal plates. In this stretch of the fault zone, the name ...
San Andreas Fault, California, USA » Geology, Earthquake History
2023年9月7日 · The San Andreas Fault is a prominent geological feature that has shaped the landscape of California and influenced the field of geology and seismology. Its complex system of fault zones, segments, and branches marks the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.
San Andreas Fault - WorldAtlas
2021年11月22日 · The San Andreas Fault is one of the world’s largest and most extensively studied faults that extends in the northwestward direction for over 1,300km from the northern edge of the Gulf of California through the western part of the US State of California and passes out to the Pacific Ocean close to the city of San Francisco. A major part of ...
San Andreas Fault, Part 1: Parkfield, Cholame & Annette, California
We begin our tour of the southern San Andreas Fault at the remote town of Parkfield, a world-famous place in the realm of seismology. The town marks a transition zone where the fault goes from creeping (the two sides continuously sliding freely without major earthquakes) to locked (both sides stuck together, allowing strain to build which is ...
San Andreas Fault Tour: Parkfield to the Salton Sea, California
The southern San Andreas Fault from Parkfield to the Salton Sea in southern California is considered by seismologists as a prime threat for a major earthquake (exceeding magnitude 7) in the near future.