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.

Remote sections along California’s massive San Andreas Fault, where large earthquakes regularly occur, may be primed to shake again any day now, according to a new study.

A new study suggests an overlooked part of the San Andreas Fault, east of Los Angeles, is accumulating a lot of strain.

The southern section of California’s San Andreas fault hasn’t experienced a major earthquake in 300 years, and is around a century overdo for a “big one.” To understand this earthquake ...

A crucial part of the San Andreas Fault has been disturbingly quiet for too long. Something's gotta give.

The San Andreas Fault Is Sleepy Near Los Angeles. Researchers Have an Idea Why. A new paper in the journal Nature offers an explanation for why the major fault line is overdue for the Big One.

Over the past 1,000 years, earthquakes at the southern San Andreas fault occurred when water levels of a large nearby lake were high.

New research suggests that strike-slip faulting, the type of motion common along the well-known San Andreas Fault, California, possibly occurs also on Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

A new US Geological Survey study will look at how the San Andreas Fault behaves close to earth’s surface. The results could improve earthquake hazard estimates.