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How does the san andreas fault help to explain why there are so many other faults in California?

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How does the San Andreas fault help to explain why there are so many other faults in California? As the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate slide past each other, the create enormous force which causes the crust to break forming many other faults. Los Angeles lies on the Pacific Plate.





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