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 ...

The tour was led by seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones, who not only showed people visible signs of the 800-mile long fault, but discussed some of the potential impacts a large earthquake would have on ...

USGS scientists are predicting the seismic area will have a large earthquake within the next few decades Updated: 7:45 PM PDT Oct 14, 2014 San Juan Bautista's San Andreas Fault building in tension ...

On April 18, 1906, an earthquake struck San Francisco, which lies within the northern segment of the San Andreas fault zone. Contemporary estimations place the earthquake at around 7.9 on the ...

The L.A. Times cited a 2008 U.S. Geological Survey report, which warned that a 7.8-magnitude quake on the southern San Andreas fault could cause more than 1,800 deaths and 50,000 injuries.

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 ...

Scientists are trying to determine if the newly-named Salton Trough Fault may be the reason why there hasn't been a major earthquake on that part of the San Andreas Fault for the last 300 years ...

(The San Andreas Fault formed 30 million years ago when the North American and Pacific plates first met and began to slide past each other, forming a strike-slip fault that snakes about 800 miles ...

Through the San Francisco Bay Area, the slip rate on the San Andreas Fault is about 20 mm/yr (4/5 inch/year). The October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was the most recent major earthquake ...

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.

The new disaster movie San Andreas opened Friday nationwide and it's filled with nail-biting action with blockbuster special effects. When it comes to reality, there might be plenty to find fault ...