That might explain why the last three major earthquakes occurred not at San Andreas faults, where it would seem natural to expect them, but in both adjacent fault groups.
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San Andreas fault — /san an dray euhs/, Geol. an active strike slip fault in W United States, extending from San Francisco to S California and forming the on land portion of the western margin of the North American Plate. [after San Andreas Lake, located in the rift … Universalium
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San Andreas Fault — geographical name zone of faults California extending from N coast toward head of Gulf of California … New Collegiate Dictionary
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