Scientists have detected unusual activity along the San Andreas Fault, sparking concerns that a major earthquake could be imminent. This video delves into the latest seismic data, expert analyses, and ...

But whenever the ground shakes, the first thought always turns to the mightiest and most dangerous fault: the San Andreas. This is the 730-mile monster capable of producing the Big One ...

Point Reyes sits right on the San Andreas Fault. The Olema Valley landscape has healed, and the fault line has been ...

By Thomas Fuller It has been about three centuries since the last great earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault, the most treacherous seismic hazard in California. For decades researchers ...

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 ...

Fears of a "Big One" came amid a new swarm of earthquakes that hit California's coast on Monday morning (May 26), at the ...

The state straddles the North American and Pacific tectonic plates and is crisscrossed by the San Andreas and other active fault systems. The magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck off Alaska's ...

California's sleeping giant, the San Andreas Fault, marks the slippery yet sticky boundary between two of Earth's tectonic plates. It is responsible for the biggest earthquakes in California ...

The southern San Andreas fault in California is in a seismic drought, going more than 300 years without a major earthquake. New research shows the lack of seismic activity may be due to the drying ...

Ten years ago, Kim Blisniuk was hiking along the San Andreas fault in the Coachella Valley desert when she looked up and saw something spectacular in the rocks: channels running along the canyon ...

The San Andreas Fault cuts a path across Southern California, but the infamous fault has created a string of sparkling lakes known as “sag ponds” along its course. You’ve probably passed ...

The San Andreas Fault is the cause of some of the worst earthquakes California has ever seen. So of course, we had to see it up close and personal. Like many folks, our family is drawn to the ...