The San Andreas Fault, this scar visible from space, stretches across California for over 1,200 kilometers (about 745 miles).

California's San Andreas Fault is capable of triggering a massive earthquake. Here's what to know about this famous location ...

New geological research reveals that the Mission Creek strand of the San Andreas Fault in Southern California is moving fast and could redistribute damage during an earthquake. The strand was previ… ...

San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain, aerial view from 8,500 feet altitude. By Ikluft (own work) via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA. The overall death toll is estimated at 1,800.

Southern California’s section of the San Andreas fault is “locked, loaded and ready to roll,” a leading earthquake scientist said Wednesday at the National Earthquake Conference in Long Beach.

1838, northern San Andreas fault, magnitude 7.4: Damage was reported from San Francisco to Santa Clara; the fault likely ruptured from Woodside on the peninsula south of San Francisco to Watsonville.

That said, the San Andreas Fault is dangerous enough to inspire a 2015 blockbuster disaster movie featuring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, as well as numerous references in similar films.

When the magnitude-6.4 earthquake on the Fourth of July was followed by an even bigger 7.1 quake Friday night, talk of the "Big One" became inevitable and Google searches for "San Andreas fault ...

But the San Andreas Fault has about 150 miles (241 km) of slip between either side, meaning that volcanic rocks in Pinnacles National Park match those much farther south, in Los Angeles County.

The quakes have placed stress on the Garlock Fault, which links the Ridgecrest Faults and the San Andreas Fault By James Rogers Fox News Published July 14, 2020 9:58am EDT ...

A bridge crosses over the San Andreas Fault from the Pacific to the North American tectonic plates near Parkfield, California. Getty Images Scientists have warned that last year’s Ridgecrest ...

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.