New research uncovers a surprising clue in earthquake forecasting: tiny curved scratches on fault planes. These marks reveal ...

Alex Biston takes an offroad tour in Palm Desert to the San Andreas Fault, a continental rift that has caused many ...

Monday's magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered four miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles was modest but packed quite a jolt. Although no major damage was reported, experts say the temblor was in ...

This highly detailed overhead view of Carrizo Plain stream channels measured the offset features linked to large earthquakes in this section of the southern San Andreas Fault. This virtual ...

Two morning earthquakes ... nearly destroyed San Francisco in 1906. Friday’s quake, and its much more powerful relative, likely both occurred along the San Andreas fault, said Robert Skoumal ...

Recent earthquakes that have shaken California may be a result of a Southern California fault line considered even more dangerous than the San Andreas fault. Los Angeles was rattled by a 4.4 ...

In Southern California, the infamous San Andreas Fault has a major earthquake every 150-200 years. It has been 168 years since the last one in 1857. Today over 10 million people live in Los ...

The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta Earthquake in October 1989 was the most recent major quake associated with the San Andreas Fault, according to the USGS. That earthquake struck in the Santa Cruz ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A 3.7 preliminary magnitude earthquake struck off the coast ... miles from the San Francisco Zoo near the San Andreas Fault and the depth of the quake was five miles.

The San Andreas fault has long been considered one of the most dangerous earthquake faults because of its length. At nearly 800 miles long, it cuts through California and is responsible for some ...