The San Andreas Fault is the cause of some of the worst earthquakes ever seen. This fascinating tour in Palm Springs gets up ...

mostly runs beneath remote areas and mountains. Jones said that a major quake on the San Andreas fault would leave about 800 people dead, according to models, while a similar quake on the Puente ...

The Santa Cruz Mountains From Hirsch ... (If you think of the San Andreas Fault as a big river running north to south, then the Loma Prieta fault is one of its minor tributaries.) ...

Now, the bulge of material trapped between these same two plates is being ejected towards the east, thanks in part to the Sagaing fault. As far as faults are concerned, the San Andreas Fault in ...

That two inches -- the average distance the San Andreas fault moves each year -- has the potential to unleash an earthquake of epic proportions directly under the San Francisco and San Jose area ...

This sudden jerk creates an earthquake. The San Andreas Fault is undoubtedly the most famous transform boundary in the world. To the west of the fault is the Pacific plate, which is moving northwest.