>>çó port race, it comes up between valleja so,. >> that's balinsa and point rat fault comes in betweenhose two. >> okay. how far offshore is the fault where where we stand? >> about a mile and a half to two miles offshore. >> i have a question. i always hear that earthquake shaking and earthquake hazards are increased the closer you are to the fault. do you think that's right? >> that's correct. >> okay. so we're pretty close here, so that means that should the fault rupture on the san andreas fault, we have more potential damage than if you're further away based on if the soils were uniform. >> the (inaudible) decreases the further distance from you. the ep i center is further offshore and occurred in '06. the first initial shock, the small one felt in san francisco, and 20 or 30 seconds later, the big earthquake took off in both directions going north and south. >> okay. >> what you're talking about is something that engineering communities really acknowledged if you're in five kilometers of that fault, and particularly if the slip goes from one point to another point, you're going t