The San Andreas Fault (red lines) and the other plate boundaries (green lines). Color contours indicate the presumed fault slip distribution of the 1700 Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.

One of the key factors in preparing for the “Big One,” the next massive earthquake in California, is estimating “slip rate,” the speed at which one side of the San Andreas Fault is moving past the ...

San Andreas Fault is a geological fault that spans a length of roughly 800 miles (1287 kilometres) through California, United States. The fault, a right-lateral strike-slip fault, marks a ...

Map showing the area of the San Andreas Fault that the researchers studied. Rebecca Dzombak. In their research, the team looked at historical records of earthquakes in the region stretching back ...

RIDGEMARK (KRON)– A 3.3 earthquake happened at 7:19 a.m this morning near Ridgemark, California. Ridgemark is part of San Benito County near Hollister. KRON 4 called USGS to confirm this ...

Earthquakes, such as the September 2017 earthquake in Mexico, can cause serious damage. New evidence has found that the San Jacinto Fault zone, in California, is not as quiet as we thought and may ...

The San Andreas fault zone is an 800-mile boundary between the Pacific tectonic plate to the west and the North American plate to the east. Here, ...

Some background — The San Andreas Fault is the boundary between the Pacific plate to the west and the North American plate to the east. The San Andreas Fault isn’t one single line, it is a ...

It's 100 years since San Francisco was destroyed by a huge earthquake. Now, seismic experts are dynamiting the San Andreas fault. It sounds risky, but could save the city from the next 'big one'.

The San Andreas Fault is the 800-mile boundary where the Pacific and North American tectonic plates slide past ... As the Pacific plate moves southward and the North American plate slides ...

A new analysis of GPS data has revealed previously undiscovered movement along the San Andreas Fault, which forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American plate and ...