Remote sections along California’s massive San Andreas Fault, where large earthquakes regularly occur, may be primed to shake ...

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 ...

The same forces that have made this one of the world's most epic roads could be what causes its obliteration, says UC Santa ...

The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North ...

The 'wannabe faults' are found branching off of major fault lines like the San Andreas, which runs through California, and the Queen Charlotte Fault, which runs offshore from Vancouver Island ...

Beautiful beaches. Majestic mountains. Hollywood. One more thing Southern California is known for: earthquakes.

California is no stranger to earthquakes. In fact, California's largest fault, the San Andreas Fault, runs right through Kern County. While there’s no telling exactly when the "big one" will ...

The San Andreas Fault extends about 800 miles from Cape Mendocino to the Mexican border. This geological feature has been responsible for some of the most devastating earthquakes in the state's ...

The epicentre of the quake, which measured 6.9 on the Richter scale, is thought to have been Loma Prieta, 10 miles north of Santa Cruz on the San Andreas fault. AFP PHOTO CHRIS WILKINS (Photo by ...

Seismologists modelled ground shaking along California's San Andreas Fault, where an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more is expected within 30 years. They found that warning time could be ...

While the San Andreas is the most famous, scientists know it’s not the only fault that can produce a powerful earthquake in Southern California. “Magnitude-7s are very possible in this region ...

NBC 7 takes you inside the science behind earthquakes, the technology for early alerts, and teaches you the measures you can take to protect your property, and how to prepare before a major earthquake ...