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Colorado river flooding linked to San Andreas earthquakes

Source(s): Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the University of Nevada, Reno have found that Southern California's Salton Sea, the accidental vestige of what was once a large natural lake fed by the Colorado River, may play an important role in the earthquake cycle of the southern San Andreas Fault and may have triggered large earthquakes in the past.

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Hazards Earthquake Flood
Themes Risk identification and assessment
Country and region United States of America
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