The last earthquake was 1868, and as you can tell we are a little over due. The Hayward fault is a neighbor to the San Andreas fault. Although, the San Andreas fault is bigger, it is said that the Hayward fault is more dangerous, because of its past large earthquake, and it has millions of people living above it. They share the same tectonic setting, and strike-slip fault as well. The first stop I made was at the Montclair fire station located in Oakland demonstrates that the Hayward fault is pushing the bricks apart. The bricks are being pushed away from each other, and someone filled it with cement. Luckily, the cement took the shape of a standard size brick. I used the top part of the brick (which has a red line in the picture one on the last page) length which normally around 75 mm to tell me the how much it was pulled apart. In this case it crept around 75 mm in this location. My second stop was at Rose Street, located in Hayward. This curb was also moved by the Hayward fault. If you notice the edge that was once a lined is completely away from each other. (picture number two) In fact, the end of the non-painted curb meets the painted curb perfectly making a checked looking pattern. Thus, making the measurement of the
The last earthquake was 1868, and as you can tell we are a little over due. The Hayward fault is a neighbor to the San Andreas fault. Although, the San Andreas fault is bigger, it is said that the Hayward fault is more dangerous, because of its past large earthquake, and it has millions of people living above it. They share the same tectonic setting, and strike-slip fault as well. The first stop I made was at the Montclair fire station located in Oakland demonstrates that the Hayward fault is pushing the bricks apart. The bricks are being pushed away from each other, and someone filled it with cement. Luckily, the cement took the shape of a standard size brick. I used the top part of the brick (which has a red line in the picture one on the last page) length which normally around 75 mm to tell me the how much it was pulled apart. In this case it crept around 75 mm in this location. My second stop was at Rose Street, located in Hayward. This curb was also moved by the Hayward fault. If you notice the edge that was once a lined is completely away from each other. (picture number two) In fact, the end of the non-painted curb meets the painted curb perfectly making a checked looking pattern. Thus, making the measurement of the