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Jeff Hordwell stands by his wall that fell during the last major earthquake in Parkfield, CA. The earthquake was of magnitude 6 and happened on September 28, 2004. Hordwell, a rancher, moved to Parkfield 8 years ago from Leona Valley, another town located on the San Andreas Fault in California. The town of Parkfield, located on the San Andreas Fault in central California, is one of the world’s most seismically active areas. Its inhabitants like to call it the "Earthquake Capital of the World". It has been the site of an intensive earthquake study since the late 1970's and a team of scientists recently reached the fault’s active zone through a 2-mile deep borehole. This project, named SAFOD, is a major step in learning more about earthquakes and maybe predicting them.
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