That increased likelihood, in turn, would cause there to be a 1.15% chance of a large earthquake on the San Andreas fault in the next year. Advertisement. Those odds may seem small.

As such, recent predictions limit the possible maximum earthquake magnitude along the San Andreas fault system to 8.0, although with a 7 percent probability estimate that such an event could occur ...

San Andreas Fault Will Probably Produce a Major Earthquake by 2045—The Clock is Ticking Published Feb 12, 2019 at 5:00 AM EST File photo: The San Andreas Fault is overdue a big earthquake.

Earthquakes in Southern California in 1992, 2001, 2009 and 2016 all sparked concerns from scientists they could trigger a major quake on the San Andreas. In some of those cases, officials even ...

The southernmost section of the San Andreas Fault is capable of rupturing in large-magnitude earthquakes (magnitude 7+), but the last earthquake that strong was more than 300 years ago," the ...

On July 21, 1952, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Kern County was strongly felt in the Valley, shaking residents ...

The San Andreas Fault has been causing concern among experts as multiple segments appear to be significantly stressed. For this reason, they fear that a gigantic earthquake could be imminent.

Thirty years ago, on Oct. 17, 1989, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake along the San Andreas Fault caused Bay Area buildings to crumble and freeways to collapse.

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 ...

On Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey issued an earthquake advisory stating that there was a 1-in-100 chance of a very damaging 7+ magnitude earthquake on the southern San Andreas fault this week ...

SACRAMENTO, California — There are countless fault lines on the West Coast of the United States and movement along two of the longest known faults can be catastrophic. The Cascadia Subduction ...