San Andreas Traditional Cache

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Marko Ramius: The cache owner is not responding to issues with this geocache, so I must regretfully archive it.

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Hidden : 10/18/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache has been placed at the San Andreas Fault, a transform plate boundary where the Pacific and North American Plate meets. The fault travels 810 miles from the north shore of the Salton Sea in Imperial County to out in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Mendocino County.

No houses were built over the fault in this region due to the California Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act of 1972. Development projects must not build within 50 feet of a fault that ruptures at the crustal surface.
Evidence of the fault in this location can be seen by looking across the street to the northwest of this cache location. Groundwater travels to the surface via the fault cracks. Because of this, a line of trees are found above the fault.

The San Andreas Fault System is separated into three different segments: the northern segment, central segment, and the southern segment. This location is apart of the southern segment, which stretches from Parkfield to the Salton Sea. On average, the southern segment ruptures ever 150 years and is capable of producing an earthquake as large as an 8.1 magnitude. The lower portion of the southern segment (San Bernardino to the Salton Sea) has not ruptured since 1680. Geologists has predicted that this section, which this cache is located, is 150 years overdue for its next earthquake. It is not a question of if. It is a question of when. This is why it is extremely important everyone is prepared.

The last three major fault ruptures on the San Andreas Fault are: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (7.8 magnitude), 1857 Fort Tejon Earthquake (7.9 magnitude), and the 1680 earthquake (7.7 magnitude).


The cache is a small waterproof container covered with appropriate colored duct tape. Has a few items for trade and a log book. Please place the exact way it was found to protect the cache from muggles. Enjoy!

Profile for jwtrammell

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pyvzo gb gbc bs jnyy; va gur ebpxf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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