San Andreas Fault
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| Length | 1,200 km (750 mi) |
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| Cities | San Francisco |
| San Bernardino | |
| Plate | American |
| Earthquakes | 1857, 1906 (Mw ≈7. 8), 1957 (Mw 5. 7), 1989 (Mw ≈6. 9), 2004 |
| Orogenies | Gorda |
| Nevada | |
| Did you know | The San Andreas Fault was discovered in 1895 by a UC Berkley professor named Andrew Lawson. |
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| ID | 876414 |
About San Andreas Fault
The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike-slip.
