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Why Earthquakes Happen Stretching a Rubber Band Analogy
Scientists explain quakes as tension building along fault zones until sudden slips. The San Andreas and San Gabriel faults are key, with the latter recently active after 150 years of dormancy. Projections say many quakes will occur in California's fault system as of the next decades.
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San Francisco
California
Lane Johnson
University of California At Berkeley
Johnson
Los Angeles
San Gabriel
San Andreas
Pacific Ocean
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University
New York
Father Lynch
Iny Boe
U.S. Geological Survey
Ring of Fire
United States
Hollister
San Bernardino