Uplift Map from the UMass Amherst 3-D Model Overlain on Google Earth (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Uplift Map from the UMass Amherst 3-D Model Overlain on Google Earth

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The Coachella Valley segment of the southernmost section of the San Andreas Fault in California has a high likelihood for a large rupture in the near future, since it has a recurrence interval of about 180 years but has not ruptured in over 300 years.

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UMass Amherst and Google Earth

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