Faults and Earthquakes

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• Shatter cones
  
• Joints, St. Gotthard Pass, Switzerland
  
• Transform faults
  
• Blockfault/graben
  
• Fault breccia
  
• Fault between gabbro and limstone, Chenaux, Quebec
  
• Breccia in fault zone at Chenaux, Quebec
  
• Lewis Thrust, Wyoming
  
• Pirate Fault, Southeast Arizona
  
• Hoback Thrust, Wyoming
  
• Earth waves
  
• Earthquake focus, etc.
  
• World seismicity
  
• 1964 Alaska aftershocks
  
• Seismic zones, 1886 Charleston earthquake
  
• San Andreas Fault
  
• Sand boils along San Andreas Fault, Watsonville, California
  
• Displaced sidewalk, Northridge, California, 1984
  
• San Andreas Fault in orange grove
  
• San Andreas Fault, Carrizo Plain, California
  
• San Andreas Fault, Carrizo Plain, California
  
• San Andreas Fault (white line) in San Francisco subdivision
  
• Landslide caused by 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
  
• Earthquake damage, San Francisco 1989
  
• Earthquake damage, San Francisco 1989
  
• Earthquake damage, San Francisco 1989
  
• Parking garage on cars, Northridge, California, 1984
  
• Fallen chimney, Northridge, California, 1984
  
• Earthquake-proof chimney
  
• Bookstore at Cal State Fullerton, 1984
  
• Seismic station in Bolivia
  
• Seismic station in Bolivia