Steep hills, shallow soils and a fault zone have made Hill Country, also called "flash flood alley," one of the state's most dangerous regions.

The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike‑slip transform fault stretching roughly 1,200 km in California.

The last major earthquakes on the San Andreas fault were in 1857 and 1906. The Fort Tejon earthquake of 1857 was a 7.9 magnitude, which caused ground fissures in the Los Angeles, Santa Ana and ...

The famed San Andreas Fault in California is nearly identical to the one that caused last week’s destructive tremor in Myanmar, and is also overdue for an earthquake.

The San Andreas fault line caused destruction and distinction in California. Ray Isle offers an itinerary to explore the history and geology impacting terroir, while meeting makers at great ...

Therefore, while the San Andreas fault may generate more powerful earthquakes—up to magnitudes of around 8.0 or even higher—the location of the Puente Hills thrust fault makes it a major hazard.

US News Portion of California’s San Andreas Fault primed for imminent earthquake, study shows: ‘We are waiting’ By Patrick Reilly Published April 10, 2024, 5:41 p.m. ET ...

The four mainshocks are the following: i) the 2003 M6.5 San Simeon earthquake, ii) the 1966 M6 Parkfield mainshock, iii) the 2004 M6 Parkfield mainshock, and iv) the 1983 M6.8 Coalinga event.

The 800-mile-long San Andreas Fault is one of the more famous faults in the United States, known as the cause of the Great 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

The southern section of California’s San Andreas fault hasn’t experienced a major earthquake in 300 years, and is around a century overdo for a “big one.” To understand this earthquake ...

Mr. Hill and his co-authors found that major earthquakes along the southern San Andreas fault tended to happen when a large body of water, Lake Cahuilla, was filling or was full with water from ...