A strike-slip fault is when two blocks slip past one another, like the San Andreas Fault line. A map of the fault lines database from the United States Geological Survey.

Residents throughout California are on edge after two massive earthquakes— a magnitude 6.4 and 7.1, rocked Southern California less than two days apart and triggered a series of aftershocks.

Is There A Fault Line In Your ... such as the San Andreas Fault which rumbled Tuesday south of Hollister with a 4.7 ... The U.S. Geological Survey offers a map of known fault lines which criss ...

Main image, a map of Los Angeles. Inset, an image showing earthquake tremors. The Puente Hills thrust fault system may be more dangerous to LA than the San Andreas fault.

Yet in an instant, that crack, the San Andreas fault line, ... Researchers like Jordan are building up huge, incredibly detailed 3D maps of the geology near the San Andreas fault.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones outlined the need for earthquake preparedness and preparation for other natural disasters on this edition of Eyewitness Newsmakers. Now retired ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Where ever you live in the Bay Area, a fault line is nearby. In fact, the U.S. Geological Survey says there are at least 32 faults and researchers say each one has the ...

The San Andreas Fault Zone is more than one fault line, it's a zone. This zone is made up of a complex collection of smaller fault segments that accommodate the movement between the North American ...

The San Andreas Fault isn’t one single line, ... Figure A is a map of the Mission Creek strand, Banning strand, Garnet Hill strand, and the San Gorgonio Pass fault zone.

Scientists have studied the San Andreas Fault line extensively, but a new study published this week in Nature's Geoscience journal reveals, for the first time, a dramatically vertical portrait of ...