Earth Sciences 2240F/G Lecture 6: Earth science 6

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Chapter 6: other earthquakes: transform and intraplate faults. American plate left few small fragments, most interesting, the. Portion of most concern the san andreas is the network it cuts through rocks of the california coastal region: creep amounts to roughly 2 cm per year. Mountains: a section of a fault associated with the san andreas released, generating an earthquake of magnitude 6. 9, not on the san andreas itself, but its release put the san. Report predicted: strong probability the 1989 event didn"t remove stress on the. San francisco area, but increased it in the seismatic gaps. 2. 0 case study 1: new madrid, missouri, 1811-12. 2. 1 introduction: from eyewitness accounts: december 16, 1811, huge cracks split the ground. In boston, massachusetts: effects felt far south as new orleans and north as london. Ontario first morning shake was one in a series of four: a second shock hours later, third on january 23 and fourth and biggest of all on february 7.

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