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Where Is The San Andreas Fault Located?

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    San Andreas Fault is basically located in the Carrizo plain. It is 800 miles long and runs through California. The coordinates for this fault are  35°07'N, 119°39'W.

    This fault was discovered in the year 1895 by Andrew Lawson who was a professor in UC Berkeley. It can be divided into three main parts which are the Mojave Segment, Central Segment and the northern segment. It is located on the crucial locality of a tectonic plate that lies between the North American plate and the Pacific plate. This plate is moving constantly. The land towards the West is moving Northwest and the land towards the east is moving southwest.
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    Harry_m 

    answered 8 months ago

      California
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      Wesley214 

      answered 8 months ago

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