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

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 ...

One of the key factors in preparing for the “Big One,” the next massive earthquake in California, is estimating “slip rate,” the speed at which one side of the San Andreas Fault is moving past the ...

The San Andreas fault appears to be in a critical state and as such, ... Both plates are moving in an approximately northerly direction, ... Map of the San Andreas Fault, showing relative motion.

San Andreas Fault is a geological fault that spans a length of roughly 800 miles (1287 kilometres) through California, United States. The fault, a right-lateral strike-slip fault, marks a ...

The North American Plate is seen on the left side of the San Andreas Fault with the more colorful Pacific Plate on the right side as they collide in the northwest most corner of the Mecca Hills ...

Map showing the area of the San Andreas Fault that the researchers studied. Rebecca Dzombak In their research, the team looked at historical records of earthquakes in the region stretching back ...

The 2015 movie “San Andreas” depicted a “mega-quake” with a magnitude higher than 10 Scientists say there is no known fault on Earth capable of producing an earthquake of magnitude 10 or ...

GPS stations indicated that only about 75 percent of the tectonic movement between the Pacific and North American Plates was actually occurring along the San Andreas Fault.

The San Andreas fault begins its dangerous dance through California at the Salton Sea, at a spot that seismologists long have feared could be the epicenter of a massive earthquake.

Southern California’s section of the San Andreas fault is “locked, loaded and ready to roll,” a leading earthquake scientist said Wednesday at the National Earthquake Conference in Long Beach.

Hiking inside the San Andreas Fault 03:54. In California, when you think of tourist attractions, the San Andreas Fault is probably not one of them. And it's definitely not a place anyone wants to ...