California is no stranger to earthquakes, but the risk of earthquakes hitting San Diego County specifically lies on the fact ...

A preliminary 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck near San Diego, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake's epicenter ...

This sudden jerk creates an earthquake. The San Andreas Fault is undoubtedly the most famous transform boundary in the world. To the west of the fault is the Pacific plate, which is moving northwest.

The Elsinore Fault Zone, a major fault line in Southern California and part of the San Andreas Fault system, is in this area. It is one of the largest in southern California and, according to the ...

One example of such motion occurs over the Salton Basin – a large pull-apart located on the San Andreas fault, a strike-slip ... as well as the extent to which these processes have been active ...

The famed San Andreas Fault in California is nearly identical to the one that caused last week’s destructive tremor in Myanmar, and is also overdue for an earthquake.

There’s not much better in life, as far as I’ve discovered, than sitting outside on a deck over the water at one of the renovated fishermen’s shacks at Nick’s Cove, an inn and restaurant ...

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 ...

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near San Diego at 10:08 a.m. Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake’s epicenter was recorded 2.49 miles south of Julian, in San Diego County.

The place is so peaceful that you’d hardly guess that the San Andreas Fault, that tumultuous collision of two vast tectonic plates, runs directly under the water in front of you. It bisects ...