However, one of the biggest potential IT disruptions lies closer to home: a massive earthquake along the San Andreas fault or another fault running under the San Francisco and Silicon Valley area.
At the Denali Fault, the pipe can slide up to 20 feet horizontally and five feet vertically. As an added precaution, in several of the pump stations, the engineers installed an earthquake ...
Most earthquakes happen where these plates meet. Some of these plates slide past each other, causing friction to build up. While some move towards each other, causing a build up of pressure.