The last major earthquakes on the San Andreas fault were in 1857 and 1906. Experts are 'fairly confident that there could be a pretty large earthquake at some point [on San Andreas] in the next 30 ...

The southern section of the fault has not experienced a major rupture since 1857 ... magnitude (or greater) earthquakes were recorded in the last seven days—the San Andreas Fault is represented ...

The San Andreas Fault is the cause of some of the worst earthquakes ever seen. This fascinating tour in Palm Springs gets up ...

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 ...

San Francisco: A minor earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 shook the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday evening, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

That two inches -- the average distance the San Andreas fault moves each year -- has the potential to unleash an earthquake of epic proportions directly under the San Francisco and San Jose area ...

California sits on major fault lines, including the San Andreas Fault and the ... One of the strongest earthquakes in California’s history was the 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake, which had an ...