Bodega Head peninsula stands as the area’s geological masterpiece—a granite headland jutting dramatically into the Pacific, ...

While its more famous neighbors Big Basin and Big Sur steal the spotlight, Butano (pronounced “BYOO-tuh-noh,” not like the gas for your barbecue) quietly offers a perfect blend of accessibility and ...

If the rocks of the fault show signs of rupturing every 150 years and it's been 200 years since the last earthquake, that quake is said to be "overdue." Many of California's faults, including the ...

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 ...

Paralleling the Interstate 10 freeway and then ducking under it, the mighty San Andreas fault runs north from the Salton Sea, skirts the western boundary of Joshua Tree National Park and heads ...

The San Andreas fault zone is a continental transform fault or boundary between the Pacific tectonic plate to the west and the North American plate to the east.

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 ...

Using the Santa Cruz Mountains as a natural laboratory, researchers have built a 3D tectonic model that clarifies the link between earthquakes and mountain building along the San Andreas fault for ...

The San Andreas and San Jacinto faults have ruptured simultaneously at least three times in the past 2,000 years, most recently in 1812, according to a new study by geologists.

The San Andreas and San Jacinto faults have ruptured simultaneously at least three times in the past 2,000 years, ... A small fault lying between the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults provides ...