6.4: Activity 6C - Earthquakes and Faults in California
- Page ID
- 14550
\( \newcommand{\vecs}[1]{\overset { \scriptstyle \rightharpoonup} {\mathbf{#1}} } \) \( \newcommand{\vecd}[1]{\overset{-\!-\!\rightharpoonup}{\vphantom{a}\smash {#1}}} \)\(\newcommand{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\range}{\mathrm{range}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\RealPart}{\mathrm{Re}}\) \( \newcommand{\ImaginaryPart}{\mathrm{Im}}\) \( \newcommand{\Argument}{\mathrm{Arg}}\) \( \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\| #1 \|}\) \( \newcommand{\inner}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \(\newcommand{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\range}{\mathrm{range}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\RealPart}{\mathrm{Re}}\) \( \newcommand{\ImaginaryPart}{\mathrm{Im}}\) \( \newcommand{\Argument}{\mathrm{Arg}}\) \( \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\| #1 \|}\) \( \newcommand{\inner}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\)
-
Navigate to the California Geological Survey’s Fault Activity Map of California.
-
Check with your instructor for a location. They may ask you to enter your home or school address in the search bar.
-
How close is the nearest fault to you? Note: there is a scale bar in the lower left-hand corner of the map.
-
What geologic age is this fault? Note: locate the
at the top of the map to open the symbol explanation. -
Holocene
-
Late Quaternary
-
Quaternary
-
Pre-Quaternary
-
-
Navigate to the California Geological Survey’s ShakeMap Home Page. Identify the most recent event. What is the
-
Location?
-
Date?
-
Magnitude?
-
-
Select the most recent significant event. What is the
-
Highest intensity value on the map?
-
Color associated with this value?
-