San Andreas Fault stretches 1,200 km across California, housing quakes up to M 8.3. Experts warn of southern segment’s “Big ...

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.

The southern part of the San Andreas fault is "locked, loaded and ready to roll," according to Thomas Jordan, director of the Southern California Earthquake Center.

Impact: The 1933 earthquake was Southern California’s deadliest in the modern record, leaving nearly 120 dead and causing $40 ...

Two of Southern California's most active faults could rupture together in a magnitude-7.5 earthquake, according to a new study, raising a grim seismic scenario for communities east of Los Angeles.

New fault discovered in southern California near the San Andreas By Rob Verger , Fox News Published October 7, 2016 12:32pm EDT | Updated October 7, 2016 1:28pm EDT ...

"The San Andreas fault in southern California last had a major quake in 1857 (magnitude 7.9)," explains Robert Graves, a Research Geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in an email ...

The Southern California section of the San Andreas fault experiences about 10,000 earthquakes per year, but a large majority cannot be felt. The San Andreas fault is an 800-mile fault zone that ...

The San Andreas fault may be the villain in Hollywood's latest blockbuster disaster movie, but geologists say offshore faults pose a bigger threat to California, according to a new study.

While California’s 750-mile-long San Andreas Fault is notorious, experts believe a smaller fault line possesses a greater threat to lives and property in the southern part of the state.

The southern San Andreas, part of a network of faults that run across California, has the most potential for destruction because of the large number of people who live in the area — 10 million ...

The southern part of the San Andreas fault is "locked, loaded and ready to roll," according to Thomas Jordan, director of the Southern California Earthquake Center.