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What is a fault creep? Are Fault Creeps safe or not? The solution attempts to answer these questions. Resources are included to further explore the ideas discussed. A word version is attached.

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What is a fault creep? Are Fault Creeps safe or not? The solution below attempts to answer these questions.
Geology: Fault Creep
Many cities and communities are located not so far from faults and active geological sites (i.e. volcanoes) all over the world. For example, the San Andreas Fault in California, which runs through 1,300 km of the state forming the tectonic boundary between the Pacific and the North American Plate is surrounded by towns and cities including Parkfield, Frazier Park, Palmdale, San Bernardino, Wrightwood, Banning and Indio (Earthquake Data Center, 2014) while active Mt. Vesuvius, whose eruption in 79 AD obliterated ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum and is part of the Campanian - a range of active volcanoes near or sitting on the meeting of the African and the European plate - is just on the edge of Naples, a city of 3.7 million people. The 28mm movement of San ...

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