All of these fault lines are located in the Northern California region of the San Andreas ... on the map below and compare where you live to the significant faults and where strong earthquakes ...

The lack of a lake above the fault may explain why it has been such a long time since a large earthquake hit this section, the researchers say. Map showing the area of the San Andreas Fault that ...

Here’s how it works. The middle section of the San Andreas Fault may have the capacity to host larger earthquakes than previously believed. Between the towns of Parkfield and Hollister ...

Main image, a map of Los Angeles. Inset, an image showing earthquake tremors. The Puente Hills thrust fault system may be more dangerous to LA than the San Andreas fault. Main image, a map of Los ...

Also, a map shows the places at risk ... a hypothetical scenario of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on a 185-mile stretch of the southern San Andreas fault, from Imperial County to Los Angeles County.

Four urban areas of the San Andreas Fault System in Northern California have accumulated a sufficient amount of energy to produce major earthquakes, a new study finds. Scientists say the region ...

California's earthquakes are far more likely to be "overdue" compared with earthquakes in the rest of the world.

Getty Images Scientists have warned that last year’s Ridgecrest quakes in Southern California have increased the risk of a major San Andreas Fault earthquake. The quakes, warn catastrophe ...

Monday’s magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered four miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles was modest but packed quite a jolt. Although no major damage was reported, experts say the temblor was in ...

California’s San Andreas Fault is famous for a reason — nearly 800 miles in length, it caused the notorious 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and could eventually unleash “The Big One.” ...

The danger is real. Earthquakes, past and recent, and the San Andreas fault. The danger is real. Earthquakes, past and recent, and the San Andreas fault. What do we know about earthquakes today?

Recent earthquakes that have shaken California may be a result of a Southern California fault line considered even more ...