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The town of Hollister has the dubious distinction of having been built directly on top of an active creeping fault. The Calaveras Fault, which branches off from the San Andreas fault about 20 miles south of town, is creeping bit by bit, slowly tearing houses and streets apart. In the photo below, the pink line corresponds to the approximate trace of the fault. Click on the numbers to see close ups of the effects of fault creep.