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

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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 ...

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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.

Yann Klinger is a seismologist at the Institut de Physique du Globe in Paris. He describes the geophysical activity in the ...

Earthquakes are measured using the Richter scale, which quantifies the energy released during these tectonic movements. A magnitude of 3.0, while noticeable and potentially alarming, is generally ...