The fault runs offshore between San Diego Bay and Newport Beach, and on land into the Los Angeles basin. Though most of the fault line is offshore, though it's never more than four miles from the ...

SAN DIEGO - An earthquake fault running from San Diego Bay to Los Angeles is capable of producing a magnitude-7.4 earthquake that could affect some of the region's most densely populated areas ...

The San Jacinto Fault Zone is 130 miles long and includes Anza-Borrego Springs and the unincorporated community of Ocotillo Wells in east San Diego County. Other communities in this zone include ...

Four strong earthquakes (magnitude 6.0 or greater) have occurred in the Bay Area since the mid-1800s. 1868 Hayward earthquake . Oct. 21, 1868, a magnitude 6.3-6.7 earthquake severely shook the San ...

The largest earthquakes recorded on the San Andreas fault include the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (approximately magnitude 7.8) and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake (magnitude 6.9).

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake centered near San Jose on Tuesday occurred along the Calaveras Fault, not the most active fault in the Bay Area.

SDSU scientists find new fault lines, underwater landslides, tsunami triggers After a 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled San Diego County, local geology experts say all these factors could threaten ...

What 5.1 Magnitude Quake Could Mean for Other Bay Area Fault Lines ... "Of course that's nowhere near the Hayward fault, so it has no more impact on it than it would on the San Andreas fault." ...

In 1906, the northern section of the fault shook San Francisco and the Bay Area with a 7.9 magnitude quake, which caused a devastating fire in the city and killed more than 3,000 people, according ...

Elsinore. Parts of San Diego County also lie in the Elsinore Fault Zone, which runs about 110 miles. According to the Southern California Earthquake Data Center, this fault zone is one of the ...