6. San Andreas Fault Line The San Andreas Fault is the sliding boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. It slices California in two from Cape Mendocino to the Mexican border. San Diego, Los Angeles and Big Sur are on the Pacific Plate. San Francisco, Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada are on the North American Plate http://geology.com/articles/images/san-andreas-fault-map.jpg
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9. 10 Most Destructive Earthquakes Location Date Magnitude Chile May 22, 1960 9.5 Prince William Sound, Alaska March 28, 1964 9.2 Andréa of Islands, Aleutian Islands March 9, 1957 9.1 Kamchatka Nov. 4, 1952 9.0 Off western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia Dec. 26, 2004 9.0 Off the coast of Ecuador Jan. 31, 1906 8.8 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands Feb. 4, 1965 8.7 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia March 28, 2005 8.7 India-China border Aug. 15, 1950 8.6 Kamchatka Feb. 3, 1923 8.5
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11. Footage From Valdivia Earthquake http://www. youtube .com/watch?v= vxXf -dYtG7Q&feature=related
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