California's sleeping giant, the San Andreas Fault, marks the slippery yet sticky boundary between two of Earth's tectonic plates. It is responsible for the biggest earthquakes in California ...

A 2008 U.S. Geological Survey report warned that a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the southern San Andreas fault would cause more than 1,800 deaths, 50,000 injuries, $200 billion in damage and severe ...

Last week, there were reports that a series of small earthquakes were recorded in California that generated a few news headlines. The state is notorious for earthquake activity. It’s estimated that ...

By Thomas Fuller It has been about three centuries since the last great earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault, the most treacherous seismic hazard in California. For decades researchers ...

The southern San Andreas fault in California is in a seismic drought, going more than 300 years without a major earthquake. New research shows the lack of seismic activity may be due to the drying ...

Well, the fact is that there has not been a major release of stresses in the southern portion of the San Andreas fault system since 1857. In simple terms, the San Andreas is one of many fault ...

The magnitude 4.7 earthquake Tuesday east of Monterey Bay hit on a unique section of the San Andreas fault that has long generated interest from scientists. The quake was felt across a wide area ...

Energy has been building up along the San Andreas Fault for more than a century. No-one knows exactly when or where, but that one day that energy will be unleashed. It might strike at the heart of ...

The Earth’s crust is a dynamic and ever-changing landscape, and within it, the San Andreas Fault stands as a testament to nature’s unpredictability. This colossal fault line stretches ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing [email protected] A region of the infamous San Andreas Fault could produce an earthquake any day now, scientists suspect.

For more than a century, the San Andreas Fault has been considered the undisputed heavyweight champion of large-scale deformation in the West. It is here that the North American and Pacific Plates ...

The San Andreas Fault is the cause of some of the worst earthquakes California has ever seen. So of course, we had to see it up close and personal. Like many folks, our family is drawn to the ...