There has been 80 kilometers or more of right slip along the late Quaternary San Simeon-Hosgri fault system of coastal California during the last 5 to 13 million years. Part of an oil-rich basin is probably offset by this fault system, and the system may be a potential hazard to nearby structures.
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Clarence A. Hall (1975) studied this question.
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