Surface fracture produced by the magnitude 6.7 (M6.7) 1994 Northridge earthquake showing uplifted plates of sediment produced by the large vertical component of slip on north side of Potrero Canyon. The fracture has developed at base of hillslope near contact between bedrock and alluvium. View is to the northeast; geologist for scale.
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