Google Earth Files
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M1+ Real-time Earthquakes, Past 7 Days
Display real-time earthquakes and plate boundaries in Google Earth. Earthquakes will be broadcast within a few minutes for California events, and within 30-minutes for world-wide events. Earthquakes refresh every 5-minutes in Google Earth.
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ShakeMaps
Maps of ground motion and shaking intensity for significant earthquakes. Google Earth KML files are in the Downloads area for each individual earthquake under the GIS Files heading. Go to ShakeMap page.
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Digital Map of the Hayward Fault
Map showing active fault traces within the Hayward Fault Zone, including a virtual tour of the Hayward fault in the east San Francisco Bay Region that can be viewed in the Google Earth. Go to Hayward Fault Google Earth page.
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Virtual Tour of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Interactive tour of San Francisco Bay Area faults and earthquake history featuring ground-shaking maps, historic photographs, quotes from earthquake survivors, and more. Go to 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Google Earth page.
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Northern California LiDAR Hillshades
1-meter resolution bare earth hillshades from the Northern California GeoEarthScope LiDAR topography dataset. By downloading this file and opening it in Google Earth, users are able to browse hillshades with two illumination angles (315 and 45 degrees) for faults in the northern San Andreas fault system. The extent of the LiDAR data is shown by the cyan colored outlines. The hillshades will load once the user has zoomed into an area of interest.
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Quaternary Faults & Folds in the U.S.
Faults and associated folds in the United States that are believed to be sources of M>6 earthquakes during the Quaternary (the past 1,600,000 years). Go to Quaternary Faults & Folds Google Earth page.
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San Francisco Bay Region Geology and Faults
