California is well known for its active earthquakes, with many cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco experiencing large quakes. The San Andreas Fault, which moves south to north, is the cause for most of this damage and gets the most focus. There is, however, another area that has a lot of past earthquake activity and potential for more in the future.

The San Andreas begins near the Salton Sea and moves north though Southern California and Los Angeles. Near Ventura County and Santa Barbara, the fault makes a slight deviation with a more east and west angle near the mountains in Santa Barbara, sometimes called the Transverse Range because of its different orientation from the north and south Coastal Range and Sierra Nevada.

Meteorologist Rob Carlmark breaks down the importance of faults in California and how they play a part in earthquakes.
STORY HERE: https://www.abc10.com/article/weather/earthquakes/different-fault-lines-in-california/103-ad56f289-7e9d-40f3-a7a9-cb2bc9fdfad0

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