The Julian earthquake is worth closer examination not for its size or damage (there was very little), but for a demonstration ...

Below California's famed beaches, mountains and metropolitan areas lies a sinister web of earthquake faults — some so ...

There is, of course, the mighty San Andreas ... in the form of earthquakes around that tectonic plate boundary. The Elsinore is a very long fault. The longer the rupture goes in an earthquake ...

A large scale landform found along a conservative plate boundary is a fault line. One of the most active fault lines in the world is the San Andreas fault line in California, USA.

Beneath our feet lies a hidden world of incredible power. The Earth’s crust is a dynamic and ever-changing landscape, and within it, the San Andreas Fault stands as a testament to nature’s ...

one of the world’s largest and most active fault zones. The San Andreas runs more than 800 miles long and divides the state into two tectonic plates, the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.

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. To the east is the North American ...

Seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones said this earthquake is likely associated with the Elsinore Fault, which is a branch of the larger San Andreas Fault system. Jones said the depth of the quake was about ...

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near San Diego at 10:08 a.m. Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake’s epicenter was recorded 2.49 miles south of Julian, in San Diego County.

For this seismologist, who has worked extensively on movements of the Indian plate and faults ... in part to the Sagaing fault. As far as faults are concerned, the San Andreas Fault in the US ...