Is San Diego along the San Andreas Fault Line?
Feb 07, 2010
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Earthquake Questions
Is San Diego along any of the California earthquake fault lines?
How close is it?
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2 comments
Elric on February 7, 2010 at 9:24 pm
It’s about as far away from it as it can be for being in California.
Paulo on February 7, 2010 at 9:24 pm
The San Andreas, specifically, runs inland up the state (the valley parts) until it makes its way out the mouth of the San Francisco bay. So San Diego is half the state away at that point of the fault. However, there are thousands of ‘micro-faults’ all over the state, and the world for that matter. The magnitude of their slippage is not generally as high so we don’t hear about them that much.