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Parkfield lies right on the San Andreas fault (Pictiure: Datawrapper) The tiny town of Parkfield in California has something unusual about it. Scientists are always eagerly studying it, because it is right on top of the San Andreas fault, and has been called the ‘earthquake capital of the world’. The famous faultline running from north to south of the Golden State will soon be due for a tremor, and all eyes are on the town as the potential epicentre. Measurements there are behaving...