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Lithosphere Hazard: Earthquakes

Major Earthquakes Within the San Fernando Valley (Local Scale)

he !ap a"o#e sho$s the !ajor earthquakes that ha#e occurred $ithin the San Fernando Valley%ro! &' *+E to present day, hese are a!on- so!e o% the !ost intense. !ost %atal and !ostda!a-in- -lo"al earthquakes, he !ain cause o% earthquakes $ithin Southern +ali%ornia is the

!o#e!ent o% the /aci%ic and 0orth 1!erican plates, 1ppro2i!ately t$o3thirds o% these plates!o#e!ent %alls on the San 1ndreas %ault, 4ne o% the earthquakes plotted a"o#e is the '556 0orthrid-e earthquake $ith a !a-nitude o% 7,8 $hich le%t 7' one casualties and !ore than 96 "illion in da!a-es,

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Major Earthquakes hrou-hout +ali%ornia (;e-ional Scale)

Here $e ha#e the !ajor earthquakes that ha#e taken place throu-hout +ali%ornia, 1s you can seethe !ajority o% +ali%ornia

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Major Earthquakes in the +ontinental Anited States (Blo"al Scale)

his !aps pro#ides the !ajor earthquakes that ha#e taken place in the continental Anited States,+ali%ornia pre#iously e2perienced the !ost earthquake> ho$e#er. in &'6 4klaho!a took thenu!"er one place due to an increase in seis!icity, So!e "elie#e that this rise in acti#ity is dueto the increase in %rackin-, 4ne study sho$s that $e ha#e %ound hidden %ault lines under%rackin- locations and these are $hat are causin- the earthquakes, his $ould also e2plain $hyother states $ith increased %rackin- ha#e not e2perienced the sa!e seis!ic acti#ity,

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