Kim Blisniuk
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“And the rate is similar to the rate that we get for the San Andreas Fault to the north in the north coast section. But prior to the work that my colleagues and I did at Sanborn County Park, the rate appears to not decrease along the San Andreas Fault, but it appears to be constant over this 10,000-year window that we were able to document.”
Kim Blisniuk · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Blisniuk explained findings from research conducted at Sanborn County Park regarding slip rates along the San Andreas Fault.
“I always use the example of insurance. We always want auto insurance. We buy auto insurance, home insurance. We never want to use it, but it's there for us,”
Kim Blisniuk · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Blisniuk used the analogy of insurance to emphasize the necessity of being prepared for an earthquake.
“So we do have historical earthquakes along this fault, and we will have them in the future,”
Kim Blisniuk · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Blisniuk noted that earthquakes have occurred historically along the fault and will happen again in the future.
“We know that we live on a plate boundary, and we are always surprised when we hear, 'Oh my gosh, an earthquake occurred in Japan or Colombia,' but we are going to have an earthquake in California, and we should be prepared,”
Kim Blisniuk · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Blisniuk stressed the importance of earthquake preparedness for residents living along California's plate boundary.
“And so the great aspect of this work is that it is a rate of which the landform preserves previous earthquakes along the fault,”
Kim Blisniuk · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Researchers at San Jose State University found that the San Andreas Fault is slipping faster than previously thought.
“I don't think the idea that the slip rates are and constant along the San Andreas Fault, where we have studied, it is a big surprise to a lot of people. We just didn't have that data before.”
Kim Blisniuk · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Blisniuk discussed the newly documented data on slip rates along the San Andreas Fault.
“And so, having an earthquake preparedness kit to prepare us for a potential disaster when an earthquake occurs will really help us deal with the trauma of having an earthquake.”
Kim Blisniuk · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Blisniuk explained how having an earthquake preparedness kit can help in the event of a disaster.