How fault creep is (very slowly) tearing one California town apart

2015-04-17T17:45:00-04:00

South of San Francisco, a whole town is being deformed by plate tectonics. [...] This is Hollister, California, a town being broken in two slowly, relentlessly, and in real time by an effect known as “fault creep.” A surreal tide of deformation has appeared throughout the city. As if its grid of streets and single-family homes was actually built on an ice floe, the entire west half of Hollister is moving north along the Calaveras Fault, leaving its eastern streets behind.

Massive Hollywood project sits atop quake fault

2014-11-06T20:24:00-05:00

California’s state geologist has concluded that an active earthquake fault is underneath a massive proposed skyscraper project in Hollywood, setting the stage for a huge battle at City Hall over growth and seismic safety.

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How fault creep is (very slowly) tearing one California town apart

Massive Hollywood project sits atop quake fault