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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.
16 de ene. de 2023 · The fault begins in the town of Hollister and runs through at least eight major cities in California and Baja California. San Francisco, Daly City, Palo Alto, Palmdale, Desert Hot Spring, Palm Spring, and Mexicali, the latter in Mexico, are among the cities that tower above the San Andreas fault.
Plaque showing location of San Andreas Fault in San Mateo County 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]
- 1,200 km (750 mi)
Owing to wiggles in the fault line, portions of the thin red lines can be more than 100 ft from the fault. By presenting the San Andreas Fault map as interactive web-based imagery, anyone can pinpoint the fault anywhere along its trace.
This map was created by a user. Learn how to create your own. San Andreas & Bay Areas Faults.
22 de nov. de 2021 · San Andreas fault drawn on map. The San Andreas Fault is divided into three principal fault segments: Northern, Central, and Southern segments each of which possesses distinct characteristics with different degrees of earthquake risk.
Explore San Andreas Fault in Google Earth. Explore San Andreas Fault in Google Earth.
