Paleoseismology Changes the San Andreas Game

An analysis of rocks drilled from deep beneath the central portion of the San Andreas fault seem to indicate a potential for larger quakes than previously thought.

IMAGE: The San Andreas Fault, on the Carrizo Plain, about 100 miles from Los Angeles. CREDIT: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

A new study in the journal Geology presents an analysis of rocks drilled from a section of the San Andreas fault here…