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Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake October 17, 1989. Larger of the two cracks that broke Morrill Road by left-lateral motion in both the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

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Date Taken
1989

Summary

Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake October 17, 1989. Larger of the two cracks that broke Morrill Road by left-lateral motion in both the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The view of present-day Morrill Road is similar to 1906 view after the asphalt road had been patched, showing left-lateral displacement of the edge of the road. October 1989. Figure 13-C, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1045.

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Data Owner :
U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Plafker, George

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name photoLibrary pla00041
number photoLibrary 28439
batch photoLibrary batch89
number_in_book photoLibrary 41

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