These Photos Do Not Show a Seismic Fault in San Andreas, California
The Claim
Two images show a seismic fault in San Andreas, California.
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Social media users have circulated two pictures claiming that they show a fault in San Andreas, California.
According to the posts, the phenomenon is a giant seismic fault 1,200 km long and 32 km deep.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the claim and found it to be misleading. The images are old and do not feature a fault in San Andreas, California.
Images From the State of Utah
Misbar’s team found that the two images are outdated. The pictures feature a crack, popular as the “Black Crack,” in the Canyonlands national park in Utah, which is 800 km away from California.
Other similar images of people around the fissure were uploaded to websites and image stores, indicating that it is in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.The Canyonlands National Park also posted a photograph featuring the fault.
The San Andreas Fault
The San Andreas Fault is the sliding boundary between the Pacific and the North American Plates. According to specialized magazines, the fault slices California in two from Cape Mendocino to the Mexican border. It is about 1,300 km long and 16 km deep.
According to official sources, the presence of the San Andreas fault was brought dramatically to world attention on April 18, 1906, when sudden displacement along the fault produced the great San Francisco earthquake and fire.
This earthquake was “one of many that have resulted from episodic displacement along the fault throughout its life of about 15-20 million years.”
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