New fault picture points toward San Francisco Bay area earthquakes
Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS)
By: R. A. Kerr
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Abstract
Recent earthquakes and a new way of looking at faults suggest that damaging earthquakes are closing in on the San Francisco area. Earthquakes Awareness Week 1989 in northern California started off with a bang on Monday, 3 April, when a magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 15 kilometers northeast of San Jose. The relatively small shock-its primary damage was the shattering of an air-control tower window-got the immediate attention of three U.S Geological Survey seismologists in Menlo Park near San Francisco. David Oppenheimer, William Bakun, and Allan Lindh had forecast a nearby earthquake in a just completed report, and this, they thought, might be it.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | New fault picture points toward San Francisco Bay area earthquakes |
| Series title | Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1989 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S Geological Survey |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 116 |
| Last page | 120 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |