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“Field Guide to the San Andreas Fault” by David K. Lynch, PhD — The slow, jerky motion of the San Andreas Fault along Cienega Road south of Hollister, California is taking its toll. Here, the inexorable March of the Fault is gradually splitting the main aging cellar of the DeRose Vineyards. Owners Al and Pat DeRose pose happily in front of the damaged wall (left photo.) A giant crack runs down the middle of the building and inch by inch, year by year, the fault is shearing the buildings and its foundation. Inside the wine cellar is a bronze plaque proclaiming the San Andreas Fault as a Registered Natural Landmark. San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain shown in left photo.

The San Andreas Fault system runs over 650 miles through 16 California counties. Thanks to a book written by a scientist, David K. Lynch, you can learn about and view this fault, which passes directly through the city of Desert Hot Springs. In 1906 it destroyed many of San Francisco’s buildings in one of the largest earthquakes in US history.  Close to 40 million residents live on or near San Andreas Fault.