The San Andreas Fault

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Through this home page, you will be able to link up to a variety of sites on the internet to learn more about activity along the San Andreas Fault. Enjoy!!

Connect to the National Science Foundation's gopher and read about earthquake hazards in California that are posed by the San Andreas.

Here is another interesting site which has a digitized database of geologic faults in different parts of the United States and of California earthquake locations.

The Bay Area Seismic Imaging eXperiment may help geologists learn more about the geometry of faults such as the San Andreas in the earth's crust. This is an endeavor of the United States Geological Survey, which may soon be abolished.

Click here to get access to a bulletin board for IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology. The login is bulletin, and the password is board. To access the IRIS homepage, click here.

Jump to have access to current seismicity lists.

Here is a map of Southern California showing the major active faults in the region.

Have a look at Caltech's Latest Seismicity Reports and Maps for Southern California!

Jump to see some of the US Geological Survey's most recent earthquake information!

Here is an image showing earthquakes with magnitudes greater that 3.0 occurring in Southern California since 1985.

Do you remember when geologists and psychics were predicting a major earthquake in Parkfield? Learn more about it here!

This is a list of books on the San Andreas Fault.

Click here to access a newsgroup dealing with earthquakes.

This is a really interesting site which has many different links to various URLS dealing with geophysics and tectonics. Be forewarned - it takes a while to connect to this site.

Learn more about the possible dissolution of the US Geological Survey.

Try a Virtual Earthquake from CSULA.

JUST REMEMBER, ALL GEOLOGISTS HAVE THEIR FAULTS!

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