The Next Large Earthquake on the San Andreas Fault Zone

Multiple Choice

The next large earthquake on the San Andreas Fault zone in California is considered likely to be ________.

A) in San Francisco because large earthquakes there are thought to occur every 75 years and the last large earthquake was in 1906
B) in northern California because the last major earthquake was in central California and the plate boundary is moving the stress to the northwest.
C) in Southern California because it has been nearly 300 years since the last major earthquake in that area
D) All of the fault system is considered equally likely because the plate motion is uniform and all areas are affected equally.