The famed San Andreas Fault in California is nearly identical to the one that caused last week’s destructive tremor in Myanmar, and is also overdue for an earthquake.

Earthquakes rank among the deadliest natural disasters in the world, with many of them killing thousands. Experts warn the ...

While Hollywood has hyped up ‘The Next Big One’ as a massive earthquake in the US, many believe that a much more devastating ...

often referred to as the "Big One." A USGS map shows where in California 2.5 magnitude (or greater) earthquakes were recorded in the last seven days—the San Andreas Fault is represented as a ...

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

The San Andreas fault line caused destruction and distinction in California. Ray Isle offers an itinerary to explore the ...

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While the San Andreas fault in Southern California is also the source of another potential "big one", with bone-rattling ...

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New information about fault behavior has been obtained via recent collaborative studies of stream channel offsets along the San Andreas Fault ... of the original "Big One" - the Fort Tejon ...

That two inches -- the average distance the San Andreas fault ... what might happen in a big earthquake. "I get to work with tens of thousands of smart people all in one place," Glennie said.

(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.) She’d gone grocery shopping and was in the driveway ...