Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Seismic hazards of Santa Rita fault in southeast Arizona

Dr. Phil Pearthree and Dr. Mike Conway at AZGS describe the Santa Rita Fault below the western flank of the Santa Rita Mountains, south of Tucson, Arizona in this short documentary film posted on YouTube. This active fault system is capable of producing a magnitude 6.5 earthquake.

 

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