The quake struck juts after 7:45 p.m. local time on Monday and was centered around the town of Dublin, according to the USGS.

That land will now be permanently preserved and managed as part of a new state program focused on the San Andreas fault’s ...

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.

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 ...