A strike-slip fault is when two blocks slip past one another, like the San Andreas Fault line. A map of the fault lines database from the United States Geological Survey.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones outlined the need for earthquake preparedness and preparation for other natural disasters on this edition of Eyewitness Newsmakers. Now retired ...

Though these quakes happened on the San Andreas fault line, San Bernadino is near a number of fault lines running through California that frequently cause earthquakes, including the Arrowhead ...

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.

Residents throughout California are on edge after two massive earthquakes— a magnitude 6.4 and 7.1, rocked Southern California less than two days apart and triggered a series of aftershocks.

Yet in an instant, that crack, the San Andreas fault line, ... Researchers like Jordan are building up huge, incredibly detailed 3D maps of the geology near the San Andreas fault.

Scientists have studied the San Andreas Fault line extensively, but a new study published this week in Nature's Geoscience journal reveals, for the first time, a dramatically vertical portrait of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Where ever you live in the Bay Area, a fault line is nearby. In fact, the U.S. Geological Survey says there are at least 32 faults and researchers say each one has the ...

In the late 1980s, Stanford geologist Amos Nur coauthored a paper speculating that the San Andreas Fault might be looking for a new outlet in the Mojave Desert.

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.