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About Hollister

According to Hollister tutors, Hollister is the “Earthquake Capital of the World”. However this title is claimed by numerous other California towns, which also sit on or near fault lines.

Hollister’s community sits directly on-top of the “Calaveras Fault” which branches off the very well known “San Andreas Fault”. The fault line cuts the town in half and at certain points goes directly underneath single-family homes. Amazingly people still reside in these homes, having invested into new technology involving the building’s foundations. With these advancements and modifications, the residents believe these homes to be safe. These modifications were made following the shuddering ground movements that caused great damage in the 1989 “Loma Prieta” earthquake.

Hollister geology tutors have one of the best-known examples of “aseismic creep” in their city to study and chart. They measure ‘creep’ using creep meters which measure distances in very small increments in order to accurately measure movement with micron precision. The “aseismic creep” in Hollister can be seen clearly by simply examining sidewalks, buildings and other structures, which show cracks, displacement and in some cases irregular twisting. Many geologists from other cities, states and countries visit Hollister to see the offset caused by this geologic anomaly. The term “aseismic creep” is used to describe visible shifts in the earth; the caveat is that these shifts occur even though there have not been any actual earthquakes. It occurs during the intervals between the earthquakes. Earthquakes, essentially release built up stress accumulating below the earth’s surface. The good news is, this movement reduces the build up of stress, and resultingly reduces the risk of any earthquakes. If earthquakes do occur, they will likely be smaller and less frequent, as much of the energy is continuously, through this movement, being released.

Naturally, Hollister tutors are continuously charting and monitoring the land movements in the area, trying to firmly establish the causes of “aseismic creep”. In other areas it is common for the land (or the uppermost earth’s crust) following an earthquake to jam back together and remain locked. It is during the interval between earthquakes (in this normal scenario) that the sheer strain in the jarring crusts exceeds the stress threshold and then there is a sudden jolt or series of jolts as the crusts detach and resettle. Hollister tutors are fascinated by the way the earths crust reacts differently in their location and dedicate their careers to establishing what the contributing factors are that make this area different to other fault line city locations.