But what exactly is the San Andreas Fault, and why is it associated with such high-risk earthquake activity? Click through the following gallery for a brief overview of this infamous geological ...

From your Palm Springs hotel, head east about 60 kilometres to the San Andreas Fault zone and begin your ride in Little Box Canyon. Your guide from Big Wheel Tours (who will pick you up) will ...

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By contrast, an earthquake on the Puente Hills thrust fault system probably would max out at a magnitude 7.5 — still powerful, but less so than the southern San Andreas.

Scientists have documented the rise and fall of part of California along the San Andreas fault. In the new study published in the science journal Nature Geoscience, researchers reveal how their ...

In the film, a previously unknown fault near the Hoover Dam in Nevada ruptures and jiggles the San Andreas. Southern California is rocked by a powerful magnitude-9.1 quake followed by an even ...