Some sections of the San Andreas Fault system in San Francisco Bay Area are locked, overdue
Monday, October 13, 2014 - 16:30
in Earth & Climate
Four urban sections of the San Andreas Fault system in Northern California have stored enough energy to produce major earthquakes, according to a new study that measures fault creep. Three fault sections – Hayward, Rodgers Creek and Green Valley – are nearing or past their average recurrence interval, according to the study published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA).