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 ...

Six out of seven big quakes along the southern San Andreas Fault over the last 1000 years happened when the Salton Sea’s predecessor was filled.

Geologists found that prehistoric Lake Cahuilla in California has triggered major earthquakes along the San Andreas fault. The lake is now gone, potentially delaying, but not stopping, another ...

Nation Fault along California coast could unleash earthquake on scale of San Andreas, study shows Sept. 23, 2022 Updated Fri., Sept. 23, 2022 at 9:57 p.m. An aerial view of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

California is a land divided by a 1,287-kilometer-long (800 miles) rupture known as the San Andreas Fault. Running north to south through the state close to several major cities, it has been responsib ...

A region of the San Andreas fault, long considered placid, had violently ruptured in the past, one of two new studies show.

The San Andreas Fault is an 800-mile-long sliding tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. It cleaves California from north to south, as the two tectonic plates slowly ...

The central section of the great fault spanning California, thought to be creeping along harmlessly at the moment, has experienced big quakes in the past, says a new study.

New geological research reveals that the Mission Creek strand of the San Andreas Fault in Southern California is moving fast and could redistribute damage during an earthquake. The strand was previ… ...