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The Napa Valley quake, and why California is (geologically) not part of America at all.

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Chris Rowan

In the early hours of Sunday morning, the Napa Valley region north of San Francisco was shaken by a magnitude 6 earthquake, the largest to hit this region since the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989. An earthquake in … Continue reading →