The San Andreas Fault, one of the most famous and potentially dangerous fault lines in the world, has recently shown unusual activity that has scientists and residents on high alert. This video ...

Scientists have detected unusual activity along the San Andreas Fault, sparking concerns that a major earthquake could be ...

The fault zone isn’t a single line, but a system of ... The last major quake to occur along the San Andreas fault zone was in 1906, when a 7.9-magnitude earthquake and subsequent fire leveled ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory could ‘revolutionize’ earthquake monitoring and provide researchers the ability to ...

A 2008 U.S. Geological Survey report warned that a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the southern San Andreas fault would cause more than 1,800 deaths, 50,000 injuries, $200 billion in damage and severe ...

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 ...

The San Andreas Fault line, which stretches some 800 miles across ... Malagnini said that while the earthquakes typically produced there are over a magnitude of 6, the quakes do not pose a threat ...

The San Andreas Fault is the border section ... found that according to geologic and palaeoseismic data, six major earthquakes on the fault line occurred during times when the prehistoric Lake ...

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A new paper in the journal Nature offers an explanation for why the major fault line is overdue for ... since the last great earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault, the most treacherous ...

As the effects of the earthquake continue to be uncovered, scientists say the hazard of this tremor is comparable to a potential event along the San Andreas Fault in the western United States ...

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 ...