Signs of 1906 Earthquake in Offshore Map of Northern San Andreas
By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
April 26, 2019
Read the news release from the Seismological Society of America, March 27, 2019
Signs of 1906 Earthquake in Offshore Map of Northern San Andreas
“A new high-resolution map of a poorly known section of the northern San Andreas Fault reveals signs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and may hold some clues as to how the fault could rupture in the future, according to a new study published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.”
Read the News Release from SSA.
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