This mulitbeam sonar image shows the San Andreas Fault cutting through the head of Noyo Canyon, offshore approximately 12 miles northwest of Fort Bragg, Calif. (Image credit: Image courtesy of San ...

The San Andreas fault is a boundary between two of these tectonic plates. ... Researchers like Jordan are building up huge, incredibly detailed 3D maps of the geology near the San Andreas fault.

An effort to map offshore portions of the San Andreas fault could help scientists better understand past earthquakes -- and the potential for future ones. For the first time, scientists are using ...

One of the key factors in preparing for the “Big One,” the next massive earthquake in California, is estimating “slip rate,” the speed at which one side of the San Andreas Fault is moving past the ...

1838, northern San Andreas fault, magnitude 7.4: Damage was reported from San Francisco to Santa Clara; the fault likely ruptured from Woodside on the peninsula south of San Francisco to Watsonville.

This past Sunday marked the conclusion of a mission that for the first time studied, imaged and mapped the unexplored offshore Northern San Andreas Fault from just north of San Francisco to its ...

It's 100 years since San Francisco was destroyed by a huge earthquake. Now, seismic experts are dynamiting the San Andreas fault. It sounds risky, but could save the city from the next 'big one'.

Map showing the area of the San Andreas Fault that the researchers studied. Rebecca Dzombak In their research, the team looked at historical records of earthquakes in the region stretching back ...

A new study warns that slow movements on the San Andreas fault line could trigger bigger earthquakes. The research was detailed in a newly published study out of Arizona State University, where a ...