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Nomex: Hi Rimor
As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm temporarily archiving this to keep it from continually showing up in search lists. Just contact us when you have the cache repaired, [RED]and assuming it still meets the guidelines[/RED], we'll be happy to unarchive it.

You may email me at via the link to my profile on the log. [red]Please be sure to include the cache name and GCxxxx number, or better yet, the URL of the cache page.[/red]

Thanks for your cooperation!
Nomex
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Hidden : 11/21/2005
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is a small cammoed container. Bring your own pencil.

The cache is located on the San Jacinto Fault where it passes through a residential neighborhood. To get there from the I-10 take Waterman Ave. south to Commercial. Turn west onto Commercial and you will drive right to it. Since homes could not be constructed on the fault by virtue of the Alquist-Priolo Act, it serves as a greenway. It is easy to spot since the movement of the fault increases erosion creating a depression that is obvious. Take time to walk along what must be one of the most well landscaped faults anywhere. If you go in the early morning you will see egrets that come to feed here.

This is a right-lateral, strike-slip fault. Meaning that if you stand on one side of the fault, the other side will appear to move to the right. The fault moves at a rate of approx 1 cm/year so, barring any ruptures along here, the streets that cross the fault will be offset by about 10 inches in 25 years.

The San Jacinto Fault is approx. 130 miles long including the Coyote Creek Segment. Entering San Bernardino County just east of Reche Canyon, it runs north under the cache. After crossing the Union Pacific rail line, the fault also runs under the I-215/I-10 interchange. A major earthquake here could do some serious damage. Cal-Trans has refitted the structure as well as they can to minimize any damage. Both the roadway and the ground here has been fitted with an assortment of seismometers by the California Geologic Survey to monitor any movement. Still it was not a good idea to build a major freeway interchange directly on top of one of the most active faults in California.

Continuing north along I-215 (the radio towers just west of the freeway and south of Orange Show Road, are in the fault zone) it biscets the San Bernardino Community College Campus on its way to the San Andreas Fault. Engineers have made considerable effort to reduce damage to campus buildings in the event of a rupture here.

The prehistoric record of activity along this fault rivals that of the sothern section of the San Andreas Fault. It is estimated that there have been at least 10 major, surface-rupture earthquakes along this fault in the past 3000 years.

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