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this part of the coast. Other large faults exist also in this dis- 

 trict, and it is probably along one of these numerous faults that 

 the Santa Barbara earthquake originated. 



Gaviota, 157 miles (El. 94 feet); Buellton, 163 miles (EL 

 490 feet) ; Los Alamos, 177 miles (EL 560 feet) ; Santa Maria, 

 194 miles (El. 204 feet). 



Photo by J. W. Collinge. Courtesy Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce 

 FIG. 104. Court house, Santa Barbara. A masterpiece of architecture. 



Santa Barbara is located in a broad valley between the Santa 

 Ynez Mountains on the northeast and a group of hills on the 

 southwest, the latter rising in gently sloping terraces from the 

 ocean. The terraces are remnants of what was the ocean beach, 

 now uplifted far above the waves. Terraces 250 to 500 feet 

 above the sea extend far along the coast. Southeast of Santa 



