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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A major zone of fractures in the earth's crust extending along the coastline of California from the northwest part of the state to the Gulf of California. Movement of the tectonic plates along the fault has caused numerous tremors, including the devastating San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
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The crest of the mountain range is near the northeast edge of the mountain range, parallel to the San Andreas Fault, which is along the northeast side of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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The crest of the mountain range is near the northeast edge of the mountain range, parallel to the San Andreas Fault, which is along the northeast side of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Parkfield — located halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles — straddles the San Andreas Fault, which is the meeting of the Pacific and North American plates as they grind along 800 miles through the state.
Scientists Drill into Active Section of San Andreas Fault | Impact Lab 2005
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The last truly big quake on the southern section of the San Andreas Fault was a rupture of
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Because the San Andreas Fault is a right-lateral strike-slip fault, the west side of the fault tends to break north-northwestward, dragging Los Angeles closer to San Francisco.
YubaNet.com 2009
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The last quake of such a magnitude along the San Andreas Fault was the Fort Tejon earthquake of 1857, estimated to have been a magnitude 8.0 temblor.
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2009
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Knowing that the California hills are right next to the San Andreas Fault is a bit of information that changes the reading of the photograph and I want no text or indication, just the image.
Zoe Strauss 2009
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The San Andreas Fault is a geologic transform fault that runs a length of roughly 800 miles
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I’m sorry I don’t have a picture of you –so the San Andreas Fault is your stand-in.
Ada Loveless Day! « Blog Archive « Pasadena, 91105 and Beyond 2010
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Frederick Wight, "San Andreas Fault," 1985, oil on canvas, 48 x 60", at Louis Stern Fine Arts.
ArtScene: This Month's Top Exhibitions in the Western United States ArtScene 2011
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