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  • 20-02-2020
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What was going on geologically that caused the earthquake that knocked down much of san francisco in 1906?

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mazzyartale
mazzyartale mazzyartale
  • 20-02-2020

what happened was a strike-slip fault. This means two fault blocks are moving past each other horizontally. Strike-slip faults tend to occur along the boundaries of plates that are sliding past each other. that caused the earth quake.

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