Next spring, scientists from the US Geological Survey will go where no one has gone before: 2.2 miles into the San Andreas Fault. SAFOD, the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth project, will measure earthquakes--how they begin, manifest themselves and end. The project will also explore the material composition of the fault. Scientists hope that SAFOD will ultimately help them to predict earthquakes. Steve Hickman, Senior Research Scientist and Kenneth Hudnut, Ph.D., geophysicist with the US Geological Survey in Pasadena join Host Patt Morrison.
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