Offshore fault zone located near San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
The Hosgri Fault (also Hosgri Fault Zone, San Gregorio-Hosgri Fault Zone) is an offshore fault zone located near the Central Coast of California in San Luis Obispo County. The main fault stretches for about 87 miles (140 km), and is located nearest to the coastal communities of Cambria, San Simeon, Morro Bay, Baywood Park-Los Osos and Avila Beach.[1] The fault system (including its branches) is some 260 mi (420 km) long, and is a right-lateral strand of the San Andreas Fault system.[2]
^"Hosgri Fault Zone" Archived 2009-12-11 at the Wayback Machine Southern California Earthquake Data Center. Southern California Earthquake Data Center, n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2009.
^"Structural analysis of the San Simeon Fault Zone, California:Implications for transform tectonics". Geological Society of America. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
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most of their uplift, and there are several geological faults, such as the San Gregorio-Hosgrifault system. The majority of the refuge itself is located...
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