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1 Learning about: The Great Southern California ShakeOut November 13, 2008 A Teachable Moment

2 What is the ShakeOut? Mw 7.8 earthquake Southern San Andreas Fault What if… Click image above to play animation Download the animation: http://www.unavco.org/edu_outreach/resources/teachable/scec-shakeout-simulation-rt.wmv

3 How do we study earthquakes?

4 GPS Data West of the San Andreas fault: The Pacific Plate East of the San Andreas fault: The North American Plate

5 Velocity Vectors Map from USGS direction of motion GPS station length= rate of motion

6 Chino Hills Mw 5.4 July, 2008

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