Total length1.2 million m
10.5 millionPopsicle lengths
127 trillionthsLight-years
15.8 millionHockey puck diameters
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San Andreas Fault
The 1,200 km crack running through California/Geology & Minerals
The San Andreas Fault is a transform plate boundary stretching about 1,200 km through California, marking where the Pacific and North American tectonic plates grind past each other. The fault zone can be up to 1.6 km wide in places. The plates move at an average rate of about 46 mm per year. Major earthquakes along the fault include the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake (magnitude 7.9) and the 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake (magnitude 7.9).
Measurements
Fault zone width1,600 m
3.2 millionTardigrade body lengths
8,421Toothbrushes
10,667Ice cream cones
At widest points
Plate movement rate1.5 billionths m/s
112 billionthsGarden snails
1.6 trillionthsRifle bullet speeds
73 quadrillionthsMeteorites
About 46 mm per year
Maximum depth16,000 m
888,889Ring diameters
10,884Danny DeVitos
1,067Yacht lengths
Age of fault883 trillion s
9.8 trillionRed lights
883 quadrillionCamera shutters
589 billionPomodoro timers
About 28 million years