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Salton Sea may reduce frequency of earthquakes as it shrinks, study finds

Por: ABC7 Nation June 09, 2023

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, found that the reduced stress on the fault from a significantly lesser amount of water may be delaying the next big one.The San Andreas Fault is a roughly 800-mile-long fracture in Earth's crust where the Pacific and North American tectonic plates meet. The two plates are slowly sliding by one another horizontally at a rate of almost two inches a year on average. The Pacific plate is on the west side of the fault moving roughly northwest... + full article



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