The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike‑slip transform fault stretching roughly 1,200 km in California.

California's San Andreas Fault is capable of triggering a massive earthquake. Here's what to know about this famous location often associated with earthquakes.

Just how big? The San Andreas is notorious for producing big ones, but a magnitude-9 or larger is virtually impossible because the fault is not long or deep enough, Hough noted.

New geological research reveals that the Mission Creek strand of the San Andreas Fault in Southern California is moving fast and could redistribute damage during an earthquake. The strand was previ… ...

LOS ANGELES — The San Andreas Fault has long been considered one of the most dangerous earthquake faults because of its length. At nearly 800 miles long, it cuts through California like a scar ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A new explanation for colliding faults could help explain mysterious fault lines that have mystified geologists for decades. The new explanation could explain everything from the ...

Social media users are misrepresenting a photo of Canyonlands National Park as the San Andreas Fault.

A swarm of small quakes near the San Andreas fault spurred officials in California to issue an earthquake alert for residents of Southern California. Based on the swarm activity, the risk of an ...

San Andreas Fault Will Probably Produce a Major Earthquake by 2045—The Clock is Ticking Published Feb 12, 2019 at 5:00 AM EST File photo: The San Andreas Fault is overdue a big earthquake. iStock ...

The same tides that affect ocean waves can trigger earthquakes along California's San Andreas Fault, and scientists unexpectedly find that these quakes are more likely to happen as tides are ...

Cal State San Bernardino geology professor Joan Fryxell leads hikers to a point on the San Andreas fault north of the campus in San Bernardino on Thursday. The hike was held in conjunction with ...