The San Andreas Fault is California's longest and most famous fault. At this fracture zone, two plates of Earth's crust move past each other. It stretches from the Salton Sea in Southern ...

California’s San Andreas Fault is famous for a reason — nearly 800 miles in length, it caused the notorious 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and could eventually unleash “The Big One.” ...

A USGS map shows where in California 2.5 magnitude (or greater) earthquakes were recorded in the last seven days—the San Andreas Fault is represented as a thick red line.

A region of the infamous San Andreas Fault could produce an earthquake any day now, scientists suspect. The San Andreas Fault, which is the border section between two huge tectonic plates beneath ...

An updated earthquake hazard map from the U.S. Geological Survey shows a high shaking risk in California. ... “Everyone is aware how earthquakes along the San Andreas Fault work.