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Hayward Fault Zone — The Hayward Fault Zone is a geologic fault zone capable of generating significantly destructive earthquakes. About 60 kilometers long, it lies mainly along the western base of the hills on the east side of San Francisco Bay. It runs through… … Wikipedia
Characteristic earthquakes — Almost all geology is fractal and scale invariant. That means you should always put in a scale when taking pictures of rock formations. For example, in this picture, you can’t tell if it is 6 m or 6 km across. It’s actually an ASTER satellite… … Wikipedia
1356 Basel earthquake — The Basel earthquake of 1356, also known as the Great Basel Earthquake, is the most significant seismological event to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history. The earthquake destroyed the town of Basel, Switzerland, on 18 October… … Wikipedia
QuakeSim — is a NASA project for modeling earthquake fault systems. It was started in 2001 with NASA funding as a follow up to the General Earthquake Models (GEM) initiative. The multi scale nature of earthquakes requires integrating data types and models… … Wikipedia
Maacama Fault — The Maacama Fault is a right lateral moving (dextral) geologic fault located in the Coast Ranges of northwestern California. It is considered to be the northernmost segment of the Hayward Fault subsystem of the San Andreas Fault zone. Creep along … Wikipedia
Paleosismologie — Paléosismologie A la surface du globe, l’expression des séismes est double : le mouvement vibratoire du sol, dû à la propagation des ondes sismiques générées par la rupture le long de la faille, qui provoque l’essentiel des dommages et… … Wikipédia en Français
Paléosismologie — A la surface du globe, l’expression des séismes est double : le mouvement vibratoire du sol, dû à la propagation des ondes sismiques générées par la rupture le long de la faille, qui provoque l’essentiel des dommages et victimes; l’émergence … Wikipédia en Français
