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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. It forms part of the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate .
- 1,200 km (750 mi)
3 de may. de 2024 · 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.
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Learn about the San Andreas Fault, the transform boundary between the Pacific and North American plates that slices California in two. See the fault's features, history, earthquakes and how to visit it.
La falla de San Andrés (en inglés: San Andreas Fault) es una falla transformante continental que discurre por unos 1300 km a través del estado de California, en Estados Unidos y Baja California, en México.
6 de jul. de 2019 · 6 julio 2019. Actualizado 7 febrero 2023. Getty Images. La falla de San Andrés atraviesa California y se extiende a lo largo de 1.300 kilómetros. Cada vez que ocurre un gran terremoto como el...
20 de sept. de 2022 · San Andrés es la falla "maestra" que atraviesa las rocas de la región costera de California. Todo el sistema de fallas de San Andrés tiene más de 800 millas de largo y se extiende a...
31 de may. de 2017 · Learn how scientists use paleoseismology to investigate the history and timing of earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault, the boundary between the Pacific and North American plates. Find out the average intervals, magnitudes, and locations of past earthquakes and the likelihood of a large earthquake in the future.
