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California's San Andreas Fault is capable of triggering a massive earthquake. Here's what to know about this famous location ...
Impact: The 1933 earthquake was Southern California’s deadliest in the modern record, leaving nearly 120 dead and causing $40 ...
The San Andreas Fault, this scar visible from space, stretches across California for over 1,200 kilometers (about 745 miles).
If the rocks of the fault show signs of rupturing every 150 years and it's been 200 years since the last earthquake, that quake is said to be "overdue." Many of California's faults, including the ...
Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and ...
Although the 800-mile San Andreas Fault has been the focal point of most seismic studies in California, researchers fear the Hayward Fault is now overdue in delivering an earthquake greater than 7 ...
Notably, earthquakes are clustered along the San Andreas Fault with the size of the shape corresponding to the magnitude of the event. The cubes shown are for non-earthquake incidents.
The San Andreas fault line struck again during the 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, killing 63 people and causing an estimated $6 billion in damage.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced a 30-day public comment period opening Monday concerning changes to current ...
Filoli, a historical estate located in Woodside, is considered by many to be a hidden gem in the Peninsula, but with over 654 ...
Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and ...