California's earthquakes are far more likely to be "overdue" compared with earthquakes in the rest of the world.

But whenever the ground shakes, the first thought always turns to the mightiest and most dangerous fault: the San Andreas. This is the 730-mile monster capable of producing the Big One ...

Well, the fact is that there has not been a major release of stresses in the southern portion of the San Andreas fault system since 1857. In simple terms, the San Andreas is one of many fault ...

A 2008 U.S. Geological Survey report warned that a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the southern San Andreas fault would cause more than 1,800 deaths, 50,000 injuries, $200 billion in damage and severe ...

California has dozens of earthquakes every day. Most are below 3.0 magnitude, so small that they aren’t felt.

California's sleeping giant, the San Andreas Fault, marks the slippery yet sticky boundary between two of Earth's tectonic plates. It is responsible for the biggest earthquakes in California ...

By Thomas Fuller It has been about three centuries since the last great earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault, the most treacherous seismic hazard in California. For decades researchers ...

The San Andreas Fault cuts a path across Southern California, but the infamous fault has created a string of sparkling lakes known as “sag ponds” along its course. You’ve probably passed ...

The southern San Andreas fault in California is in a seismic drought, going more than 300 years without a major earthquake. New research shows the lack of seismic activity may be due to the drying ...

The San Andreas Fault is the cause of some of the worst earthquakes California has ever seen. So of course, we had to see it up close and personal. Like many folks, our family is drawn to the ...

Part of the San Andreas Fault in southern California may be on shakier ground than previously thought. However, a new study suggests one part of the fault, east of Los Angeles, is accumulating a ...

The southern San Andreas fault in California is in a seismic drought, going more than 300 years without a major earthquake. New research shows the lack of seismic activity may be due to the drying ...