Earthquake Country The area in which I live is very high in earthquake activity. It is near a subduction zone and the Mendocino triple-junction. The rest of California is on a transform boundary or a left-lateral strike-slip fault. Geology is one of my favorite subjects. I seem to have a pattern of developing a crush on my professors. It's a little fantasy world that keeps my attention on the teacher while he speaks. Of course, he is discussing my favorite subject... but it helps if he also has terrific eyes. ;-)