Heyward fault

This fault is about mi (1km) long, situated mainly along the western base of the hills on the east side of San Francisco Bay. It runs through densely populated areas, including Richmon El Cerrito, Berkeley, Oaklan San . With an estimated magnitude of 6. The Bay Area is home to many active faults that can erupt at anytime. This sliding has created the extensive fault network that is .

The most recent large earthquake on the .

Running through densely populated cities like Oaklan Fremont and Berkeley, Calif.

Such ultra-slow creep is an earthquake in extreme slow motion which, over months and years, causes cracks in the pavement makes . San Pablo Bay, Oaklan and Fremont. Most earthquake damage from strong shaking, not from fault rupture, landslides, and ground failure. Fault creep occurs when some or all of the fault plane is not locked by friction, and rocks on either side of the fault are able to slide along . The white lines indicate faults recognized by the USGS. It caused significant damage and a . Hayward and Rodgers Creek faults.

Bundled with the map and tour are: 1) photographs showing evidence of creep and other aspects of faulting, 2) locations of creep, . Section I (Stops.

1–4) consists of stops that are part of the University of California at Berkeley (UC-Berkeley), including research facilities, retrofit of campus . Geological Survey studies provide mounting evidence that the San Francisco Bay Area should get ready for another big quake soon. It is parallel to and east of its more famous (and much longer) sister fault, the San Andreas Fault. The California Geological Survey was among the organizations contributing to the Uniform California . Two types of fault movement occur along faults.

One type is the catastrophic rupture of the ground that generates large earthquakes. USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards. Watt J(1), Ponce D(2), Parsons T(2), Hart P(1).

USGS and California State University, East Bay, U. All photos by Andrew Alden except where noted. In my first post on KQED Quest Science, I invited you to make friends with your local earthquake faults. The best place to do so, in my opinion, is in . To view printable maps showing the fault at fixed 1:10scale, use the Annotated Map .