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Earthquake storms : the fascinating history and volatile future of the San Andreas Fault / John Dvorak.

by Dvorak, John (John J.)

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Pegasus Books, c2014.

551.2209794 D988e

Earthquakes -- California.

Earthquakes -- California -- History.

Faults (Geology) -- California.

San Andreas Fault (Calif.)

San Andreas Fault (Calif.) -- History.

9781605984957 (hc.)

1605984957 (hc.)

1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.

xviii, 254 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm

Includes index.

The San Andreas Fault is everywhere, and primed for a colossal quake. For decades, scientists have warned that such a sudden shifting of the Earth's crust is inevitable. In fact, it is a geologic necessity. The San Andreas fault runs almost the entire length of California, from the redwood forest to the east edge of the Salton Sea. Along the way, it passes through two of the largest urban areas of the country--San Francisco and Los Angeles. Dozens of major highways and interstates cross it. Scores of housing developments have been planted over it. The words "San Andreas" are so familiar today that they have become synonymous with earthquake. Yet, few people understand the San Andreas or the network of subsidiary faults it has spawned. Some run through Hollywood, others through Beverly Hills and Santa Monica. The Hayward fault slices the football stadium at the University of California in half. Even among scientists, few appreciate that the San Andreas fault is a transient, evolving system that, as seen today, is younger than the Grand Canyon and key to our understanding of earthquakes worldwide.

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