Author Question: The next large earthquake on the San Andreas Fault zone in California is considered likely to be ________. (Read 73 times)

jake · **on:** Feb 28, 2020

Question 1

Seismic gaps are places where scientists think that ________.
◦ faults are storing stress
◦ earthquakes are unlikely to occur
◦ faults are creeping smoothly
◦ faults are storing elastic strain

Question 2

The next large earthquake on the San Andreas Fault zone in California is considered likely to be ________.
◦ in northern California because the last major earthquake was in central California and the plate boundary is moving the stress to the northwest
◦ in Southern California because it has been nearly 300 years since the last major earthquake in that area
◦ in San Francisco because large earthquakes there are thought to occur every 75 years and the last large earthquake was in 1906
◦ All of the fault system is considered equally likely because the plate motion is uniform and all areas are affected equally.

shailee · **Reply #1 on:** Feb 28, 2020

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