Question 1 In southern California, the last major earthquake on the part of the

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Question 1 In southern California, the last major earthquake on the part of the San Andeas fault closest to Los Angeles occurred in A. 1957 B. 1838 O C. 1906 D. 1857 Question 2 The Pacific Plate is moving northwestward past the North American Plate at a rate of about OA 13 mm/yr (1/2 inch per year) B. 25 mm/yr (1 inch per year) OC. 50 mm/yr (2 inches per year) OD. 100 mm/yr (4 inches per year) Question 3 How much of this motion occurs on the San Andreas fault (and related faults)? A. none of it OB. about 1/4 of it OC. about 2/3 of it D. about 90% of it E. all of it

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Answer 1: 1906 magnitude 7.8

Answer 2: 1 inch per year

Answer 3: 2/3 ( i am assuming that he is asking is all motion occur along the san Andreas fault)

answer 4: it is due to san Andreas fault.

answer 5: D i.e hector, Baja. lander and kern all are above 7.1 magnitudes.

answer 6: true

answer 7: 99.7% estimated by UCERF

answer 8:A

answer 9: all the above except tsunami since hypocenter of the earthquake is on land( san Andreas fault ) there fore very less chance of tsunami.

answer 10:B

answer 11: A

anwwer 12 E

answr 13 false

answer 14 true

answer 15 true

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