[Spridgets] California sliding away....NOT!

[Ron Soave]

Right...Like we believe a weatherman....

--- Jim Johnson <bmwwxman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ummm...   Glen...   The San Andreas is a classic
> right-lateral,
> strike-slip fault. No subduction at all.  All land
> west of the fault
> on the Pacific Plate is moving slowly to the
> northwest while all land
> east of the fault is moving to the southwest
> (relatively southeast as
> measured at the fault) under the influence of plate
> tectonics. The
> rate of slippage averages approximately 33-37
> mm/year across
> California.
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