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Along the Earthquake train in Point Reyes, the fence in the photo was offset 20 feet in 90 seconds during the 1906 San Francisco Quake.
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The Gorn poses with the exact epicenter of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake
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Josh and the Gorn pose with the old Incline-Cantilever section of the Eastern span of the Bay Bridge. This was the 50' section piece that collapsed in the 1989 Loma Prieta Quake. They are in the process of demolishing the bridge so glad we got to see it before it was gone.
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the Gorn stops at Point Reyes Seashore to walk the famous Earthquake Trail again
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Heading off on the Earthquake Trail
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The Gorn stops at the famous earthquake fence - showing how the San Andreas Fault moved over 20' in 1906
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The Gorn heads to Wallace Creek, home to one of the most famous San Andreas Fault offsets
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The Gorn with the Wallace Creek offset of the San Andreas Fault
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The Gorn heads off into the bushes to discover some more examples of offset of the San Andreas Fault at Carrizo Plain NM
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The Gorn takes a look at the tsunami barrier wall that was placed where the town of Rikuzentakata meets the ocean - site of the massive tsunami that hit and overwhelmed the previous wall and forest that was in this spot back in March, 2011.
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The Gorn with a monument at the Takata Matsubara Earthquake Disaster Reconstruction Memorial Park.
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The Gorn with the ruins of the Youth Hostel, destroyed in the tsunami on March 11, 2011 and the "Miracle Pine" - the lone tree that survived the disaster that used to be in a forest. Experts speculate the Youth Hostel saved the tree. Since the disaster, the tree has been preserved as it was inundated with salt water and was dying.
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The Gorn takes a breather to remember the lives lost in the March 2011 disaster. Miracle Pine, Hostel ruins, and the tsunami wall are in the background.
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The shocking sight in the ruins of the former Koyo High School in Kesennuma, Japan. This vehicle was carried by the tsunami wave and crashed into the third floor of the high school where it came to rest. The school is now the Kesennuma City Memorial Museum, a place where people can see the disaster with their own eyes.
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The Gorn looks at the ruins of the former gym of Koyo High School from the roof - the same place the faculty that stayed behind after the school was evacuated sought shelter during the peak of the tsunami. All who were in the school survived the disaster.