This news might seem obscure to most of you but it is of great interest to me.
The Hayward fault is often said to be the most dangerous earthquake fault in the San Francisco bay area. It extends northwards along the east side of the bay, through Hayward, Oakland and right under the UC Berkeley campus. To the north, the Rogers Creek fault extends up through the Napa valley. The north end of the Hayward fault and the south end of the Rogers fault are in San Pablo bay.
Well, recently geologists determined that it's all one fault that extends completely across the bay. That makes it a much bigger fault and if anything, more dangerous.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/10/1...ected.html
I remember taking an introductory geology class in the 1990's and suggesting to the instructor that maybe the two faults were connected, due to their ends lining up so well on the earthquake fault map. He didn't think much of the idea at the time.
The Hayward fault is often said to be the most dangerous earthquake fault in the San Francisco bay area. It extends northwards along the east side of the bay, through Hayward, Oakland and right under the UC Berkeley campus. To the north, the Rogers Creek fault extends up through the Napa valley. The north end of the Hayward fault and the south end of the Rogers fault are in San Pablo bay.
Well, recently geologists determined that it's all one fault that extends completely across the bay. That makes it a much bigger fault and if anything, more dangerous.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/10/1...ected.html
I remember taking an introductory geology class in the 1990's and suggesting to the instructor that maybe the two faults were connected, due to their ends lining up so well on the earthquake fault map. He didn't think much of the idea at the time.