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== Fault Information == |
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A thrust fault is made when bacon at the earths core loses fat and that fat comes to the surface causing what is known a thrust fault. |
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The Hosgri Fault is a component of the [[San Andreas Fault]] system.<ref>Graham, S. A., and W. R. Dickinson. "Evidence for 115 Kilometers of Right Slip on the San Gregorio-Hosgri Fault Trend." Science 199.4325 (1978): 179-181. Print.</ref> Its movement is primarily reverse [[thrust fault|thrust]], as well as exhibiting right lateral slip, and is thought to be capable of generating earthquakes of up to magnitude 7.5.<ref name=SCEDC/> The November 4, 1927 [[Lompoc]] earthquake (magnitude 7.1) is thought to have occurred on this fault.<ref>[http://www.data.scec.org/chrono_index/lompoc.html SCEDC|Lompoc Earthquake (1927)] Southern California Earthquake Data Center</ref> |
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[[Seismology|Seismologists]] monitor activity on the Hosgri fault constantly because of its physical proximity to the nuclear [[Diablo Canyon Power Plant]]. In fact, the fault lies only 2½ miles offshore from the [[nuclear power plant]]. <ref>Smith, R. Jeffrey. "A Seismological Shoot-Out at Diablo Canyon." Science |
[[Seismology|Seismologists]] monitor activity on the Hosgri fault constantly because of its physical proximity to the nuclear [[Diablo Canyon Power Plant]]. In fact, the fault lies only 2½ miles offshore from the [[nuclear power plant]]. <ref>Smith, R. Jeffrey. "A Seismological Shoot-Out at Diablo Canyon." Science |
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214.4520 (1981): 528-529. Print.</ref> More recently in 2008, yet another even closer fault was discovered, the [[Shoreline Fault]] 1 mile from the NPP. |
214.4520 (1981): 528-529. Print.</ref> More recently in 2008, yet another even closer fault was discovered, the [[Shoreline Fault]] 1 mile from the NPP. |
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Revision as of 17:17, 30 April 2011
The Hosgri Fault (also Hosgri Fault Zone, San Gregorio-Hosgri Fault Zone) is an offshore fault zone located near the Central Coast of California in San Luis Obispo County. The main fault stretches for about 140-kilometre (87 mi), and the coastal communities closest to it are Cambria, San Simeon and Morro Bay, Baywood Park-Los Osos, and Avila Beach. [1] The fault system (including branches) is some 420 km long, and is a right-lateral strand of the San Andreas fault system[2]
Fault Information
A thrust fault is made when bacon at the earths core loses fat and that fat comes to the surface causing what is known a thrust fault. Seismologists monitor activity on the Hosgri fault constantly because of its physical proximity to the nuclear Diablo Canyon Power Plant. In fact, the fault lies only 2½ miles offshore from the nuclear power plant. [3] More recently in 2008, yet another even closer fault was discovered, the Shoreline Fault 1 mile from the NPP.
35°07′N 119°39′W / 35.117°N 119.650°W
References
- ^ "Hosgri Fault Zone" Southern California Earthquake Data Center. Southern California Earthquake Data Center, n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2009.
- ^ http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010CD/finalprogram/abstract_173206.htm Geological Society of America:STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE SAN SIMEON FAULT ZONE, CALIFORNIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSFORM TECTONICS
- ^ Smith, R. Jeffrey. "A Seismological Shoot-Out at Diablo Canyon." Science 214.4520 (1981): 528-529. Print.