The northwest movement of the Pacific Plate is also creating significant compressional forces which are especially pronounced where the North American Plate has forced the San Andreas to jog westward.
Ao movemento cara ao noroeste da placa do Pacífico está tamén creando forzas compresivas significativas, que son especialmenre pronunciadas onde a placa norteamericana forzou a falla de San Andreas a empurrar cara ao oeste.