In the 70 years before the 1906 earthquake, the San Andreas Fault unleashed three earthquakes bigger than magnitude-6 in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

The San Andreas Fault, this scar visible from space, stretches across California for over 1,200 kilometers (about 745 miles). It separates two tectonic plates sliding against each other, shaping ...

Little was known about the San Andreas fault before a massive earthquake struck San Francisco in 1906. But that changed when a team of scientists mapped the fault and produced a report that gave ...

San Francisco's big 1906 earthquake was third of a series on San Andreas Fault Date: February 12, 2014 Source: University of Oregon Summary: Geologists have uncovered geologic evidence that ...

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

The central section of the San Andreas Fault usually moves by quietly creeping, but new research suggests it's hosted some serious earthquakes in history.

"Large earthquakes on the San Andreas fault system are a geological inevitability," seismologist Rick Aster told Newsweek.

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 ...

In 1906, a giant San Andreas Fault earthquake carved a trench through Portola Valley, now a small California village of million-dollar homes tucked in the hills above Stanford University. More ...

Today, visitors to the Earthquake Trail inside Point Reyes National Seashore can see how far the two fences moved from each other on the San Andreas fault line.

Almost a century after the 1906 earthquake, Stanford geophysicists have revisited San Francisco's ''Big One'' and now paint a new picture of a fault that was ready to go and that ruptured farther ...

The San Andreas Fault is known for several major earthquakes in California history. A magnitude 7.8 that struck San Francisco in 1906 killed 3,000 people and triggered a massive fire that ...