Sun, Moon Tug At San Andreas Fault

Parts of the San Andreas fault are so sensitive to stress that the faint gravitational tug of the sun and the moon may be enough to cause tiny tremors 15 miles underground, a team of UC Berkeley seismologists has found. Water under extremely high pressure...

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