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Lesson six: Earthquakes

Folkestone 28 th April Kent.html

Transform plate boundary

The structure of an earthquake

The location of the San Andreas Fault

The San Andreas Fault More pictures are available from: © Flickr Doc Searls

Evidence of movement along the San Andreas Fault Can you spot it? Point Reyes, north of San Francisco 2010 © Tim Locke

The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 © Flickr, Thiophene_Guy © Chadwick, H. D. (US Gov War Department. Office of the Chief Signal Officer.), Wikicommons

The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake Loma Prieta earthquake damage in Oakland 1989 © CIR Online, Flickr Loma Prieta earthquake damage 1989 © CIR Online, Flickr

The epicentre of the 2011 Japanese earthquake

The effects © Flickr; US Pacific Fleet (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1 st Class Matthew M. Bradley/Released) © Flickr; Official US Navy Page Debris in Ofunato, Japan Ten Days Later in Oshima-Mura, Japan