What's clear from the study is that while California's next "Big One" may share some characteristics of previously documented ...

The San Andreas Fault is about 746 miles (1,200 km) long and about 10 miles (16 km) deep. While the San Andreas is a giant fault that is even visible from space, if you zoom in, you'll see a ...

Earthquakes on the Puente Hills thrust fault could be particularly dangerous because the shaking would occur directly beneath ...

As such, recent predictions limit the possible maximum earthquake magnitude along the San Andreas fault system to 8.0, although with a 7 percent probability estimate that such an event could occur ...

This segment of the San Andreas Fault, in Palmdale, California, lies about 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Los Angeles. The image was captured from the Space Shuttle Endeavor on Feb. 11, 2000.

Scientist knew almost immediately that the Ridgecrest quakes were not on the San Andreas fault. But understanding how those temblors might impact the 730-mile monster capable of producing “The ...

But the San Andreas Fault has about 150 miles (241 km) of slip between either side, meaning that volcanic rocks in Pinnacles National Park match those much farther south, in Los Angeles County.

But actually it’s the primary part of the fault,” she said. The San Andreas fault runs 800 miles up the backbone of California and marks the boundary where two major tectonic plates meet.

The CoreLogic analysis shows that a magnitude 8.3 earthquake along the San Andreas – which was previously thought possible only on the northern segment of the fault line – could result in a ...

San Andreas Fault Will Probably Produce a Major Earthquake by 2045—The Clock is Ticking Published Feb 12, 2019 at 5:00 AM EST File photo: The San Andreas Fault is overdue a big earthquake. iStock ...