The Unseen Power Beneath Our Feet Beneath our feet lies a hidden world of incredible power. The Earth’s crust is a dynamic ...

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

The San Andreas fault line caused destruction and distinction in California. Ray Isle offers an itinerary to explore the ...

but is generally considered to be a magnitude 8 (+/-) event on the plate boundary fault, which is the San Andreas Fault. "The stress on this fault builds up with time since the last major earthquake.

Rather, two plates move against each other, building up tension, then releasing the tension in a sudden and often violent jerk. This sudden jerk creates an earthquake. The San Andreas Fault is ...

Movement along the San Andreas Fault was to blame. The North American and Pacific tectonic plates had moved past each other by more than 15 feet — compared to an annual average of two inches.

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic ... Mountains and a rift can be seen along the San Andreas Fault.

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 ...

A boundary where the plates slide past one another without ... An example of this type of boundary is the San Andreas fault, California.