San Andreas fault
Speech parts
1. San Andreas fault - Noun
2. San Andreas fault - Proper noun
Meaning
a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes
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Examples
An M3.9 temblor struck just before 6pm in the San Andreas Fault Zone between Thousand Palms and Desert Hot Springs.
Foundations of buildings of an early 20th century resort that was used before the rising waters of the Salton Sea turned this hill into Mullet Island, one of the four Salton Buttes, small volcanoes on the southern San Andreas Fault.
Geology San Francisco Bay is thought to represent a down-warping of the Earth's crust between the San Andreas Fault to the west and the Hayward Fault to the east, though the precise nature of this remains under study.
The proximity of the bridge to the San Andreas Fault places it at risk for a significant earthquake.
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a transform boundary exhibiting dextral motion.
Torsional forces, probably associated with northwesterly movement of the Pacific Plate along the San Andreas Fault (west of the region), is responsible for the lateral movement.