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 ...

8 shows a conceptual diagram of how seismic wave propagation from the drillbit might reflect off the main trace of the San Andreas fault zone and be recorded at the surface by an array of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing r.white@newsweek.com Earthquakes triggered by the notorious San Andreas Fault in California may have been triggered by an ancient ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing r.white@newsweek.com A region of the infamous San Andreas Fault could produce an earthquake any day now, scientists suspect.

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 little-known Elsinore fault is branch of the infamous San Andreas fault, stretching over 100 miles across Southern California, from the US-Mexico border, through San Diego and Riverside ...

As the effects of the earthquake continue to be uncovered, scientists say the hazard of this tremor is comparable to a potential event along the San Andreas Fault in the western United States ...