Earthquake Activity #2

Below is a Landsat 7 image of the San Francisco Bay Area taken in 1999. Beside it is a map of the same region showing major faults.

1999 San Francisco Bay Area Satellite Image	Major Bay Area Faults
Each yellow mark on the image above shows the epicenter of an earthquake that occurred between 1899 and 1999.	Fault Map by Susan Dent

The San Andreas is the longest fault in California and one of the most famous geological hot spots in North America. A new image from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission shows the fault as it runs through the Carrizo Plain, west of Bakersfield, on its 1,200-kilometer (800-mile) course. The image is available online at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/pictures/srtm .

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