334 chapter 11 earthquakes and earthquake hazards eye on earth 11.1 he calaveras fault, a branch of the san andreas fault system, cuts directly through the town of hollister, california. rather than being "locked," this section of the fault is slowly slipping, producing noticeable offsets and damage to curbs, sidewalks roads, and buildings. the concrete wall and sidewalk shown here were straight when they were originally constructed question 1 what term is used to describe the phenomenon observed in hollister along the calaveras fault? calaveras. fault question 2 are faults that exhibit this type of slippage considered likely to generate a major earthquake? explain. question 3 based on this image, does this strike-slip fault exhibit right-lateral or left-lateral motion? (hint see chapter 10.) stronger but also lasts longer than the vibrations pro- duced by slippage along small fault segments. 1.2 concept checks why do earthquake ruptures stop rather than con- tinue along the entire fault? evidence suggests that slip- page usually stops when the rupture reaches a section of the fault where the rocks have not been sufficiently strained to overcome frictional resistance, such as in what type of fault tends to produce the most destructive earthquakes? 1. 2. during an earthquake the entire length of a faul slips in a single event that lasts less than