In the heart of California, the San Andreas Fault lies like a ticking time bomb, silently building pressure for over a century. Stretching more than 1,200 kilometers, this massive fault marks the ...

San Andreas Fault stretches 1,200 km across California, housing quakes up to M 8.3. Experts warn of southern segment’s “Big ...

The quakes happened on the Hayward Fault, one of a handful of major faults that cut through the San Francisco Bay Area. It may be a little less famous than the San Andreas Fault that ruptured in ...

San Andreas stretches from Northern California to Cajon Pass near San Bernardino and includes several branch faults including San Jacinto and Banning, according to a USGS report.

While California’s 750-mile-long San Andreas Fault is notorious, experts believe a smaller fault line possesses a greater threat to lives and property in the southern part of the state.

A new study suggests an overlooked part of the San Andreas Fault, east of Los Angeles, is accumulating a lot of strain.

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 ...

Satellite captures how San Andreas plate is moving The two tectonic plates in San Andreas are gliding past each other. Now, we can see them from high in the sky.

The San Andreas Fault Is Sleepy Near Los Angeles. Researchers Have an Idea Why. A new paper in the journal Nature offers an explanation for why the major fault line is overdue for the Big One.

The shrinking and drying out of the Salton Sea has reduced stress on the San Andreas Fault, possibly reducing the frequency and severity of earthquakes in Southern California, a newly released ...

Given the development of California and its proximity to the fault, San Andreas can cause huge problems in the not-too-distant future.