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2 unusual facts about San Andreas


İhsan Ketin

In 1953 he published his well-known comparison of the San Andreas and North Anatolian faults.

Poverty Bar, California

In 1964, before the Comanche Reservoir was filled, the graves in the cemetery of Poverty Bar were transferred to the old Pioneer Cemetery and the People's Cemetery in San Andreas.


Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge

It had been known for over thirty years that a major earthquake on either of two nearby faults (the San Andreas and the Hayward) would destroy the major cantilever span.

John David Borthwick

It focused on his experiences and encounters in gold camps such as Sacramento, Coloma, Nevada City, Placerville, Downieville, Jacksonville, San Andreas and Sonora.

The Butch Cassidy Sound System

The Butch Cassidy Sound System is an alias used by the UK’s Michael Hunter who has composed music for the Grand Theft Auto computer games San Andreas & IV.


see also

Hot Coffee

Hot Coffee mod, a normally inaccessible minigame in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

KCPU

Calaveras County Airport, an airport near San Andreas, California, United States, assigned ICAO code KCPU

South Fork Eel River

The steep terrain in the South Fork Eel's watershed is the result of continuous uplift along the San Andreas Fault, and coinciding with the erosion caused by the river and its tributaries, steep canyons and ridges, many with slopes of over 50 percent, were formed.