California's San Andreas Fault is capable of triggering a massive earthquake. Here's what to know about this famous location ...

The San Andreas Fault, this scar visible from space, stretches across California for over 1,200 kilometers (about 745 miles).

Impact: The 1933 earthquake was Southern California’s deadliest in the modern record, leaving nearly 120 dead and causing $40 ...

The San Andreas fault passes close to most big cities in California. For instance, researchers found that the fault produces a magnitude 6.0 earthquake approximately once every 22 years.

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 ...

If the rocks of the fault show signs of rupturing every 150 years and it's been 200 years since the last earthquake, that quake is said to be "overdue." Many of California's faults, including the ...

Part of the San Andreas Fault in southern California may be on shakier ground than previously thought.. The 800-mile-long San Andreas Fault is one of the more famous faults in the United States ...

The San Andreas fault stretches for over 800 miles through California’s coastal regions. In the southern part of California, the fault ends near Bombay Beach, in the Salton Sea.

The 800-mile San Andreas Fault is one of the largest fault lines in the world. A meeting of the North American and Pacific tectonic plates, this transform fault (where two tectonic plates move ...

The San Andreas Fault cuvée is a blend of different blocks from the estate’s 72 acres of vines, bright with red berry fruit, layered, and complex.