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San Andreas fault at DeRose Winery

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The San Andreas Fault runs right through the winery building here (see Fig. 6.11 in the referenced USGS report). Fault creep is actively occurring on the building (there are many cracks in the cement foundation).  The USGS has set up a creepmeters in the winery and along a cement drain which shows right lateral offset.

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San Andreas Fault

The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that runs a length of roughly 810 miles (1,300 km) through California in the United States. The fault's motion is right-lateral strike-slip (horizontal motion). It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.

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