The southern San Andreas fault is due for a large earthquake. Seismic images of sediments deposited in an ancient lake overlying the southern end of the fault indicate that episodic flooding may have triggered earthquakes in the past.
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Hole, J. Rivers, rifts and ruptures. Nature Geosci 4, 428–429 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1198
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