By contrast, an earthquake on the Puente Hills thrust fault system probably would max out at a magnitude 7.5 — still powerful ...

The San Andreas fault runs more than 800 miles through California ... faults argues that they should be treated as a single system with potential for earthquake ruptures generating events with ...

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.

With the buildup of seismic stress along the San Andreas Fault and smaller local faults ... wildfires has put California's disaster response system in the spotlight. Stewart told Newsweek that ...