Visual data provided by the USGS pinpoints the quake’s location on a map overlaid with fault lines, including the major San Andreas Fault, which is the dark red line east of where the earthquake was ...

A fault map of the southern part of the State shows the three parallel faults — the Elsinore fault furthest west, the San Jacinto fault about 20-30 miles to the east, and the main San Andreas ...

While California's 750-mile-long San Andreas Fault is notorious, experts believe a smaller fault line possesses a greater threat to lives and property in the southern part of the state.

While California’s 750-mile-long San Andreas Fault is notorious, experts believe a smaller fault line possesses a greater threat to lives and property in the southern part of the state.

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.

But what exactly is the San Andreas Fault, ... Boundary line. Along the boundary, the plates grind past each other horizontally at a rate of about 5 cm (2 in) per year.

An underwater fault line along the US West Coast could trigger a megaquake that would be more devastating than California's 'Big One,' a new study suggests. Using underwater mapping techniques ...

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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.

Magnetic data suggest Seattle's fault line formed 55 million years ago, when the southern half of a subducting chain of volcanic islands piled onto the continent and tore apart from the northern half.

UC Davis doctoral student Alba Rodríguez Padilla looks at a section of the San Andreas fault line north of San Francisco. (Alba Rodríguez Padilla) Alba Rodríguez Padilla studies the physics and ...