Impact: The 1933 earthquake was Southern California’s deadliest in the modern record, leaving nearly 120 dead and causing $40 ...

In 1906, a powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake caused the deaths of up to 3,000 people and destroyed more than 80 percent of the city of San Francisco.

If a major earthquake hits, these 6 biggest cities on the San Andreas Fault line won’t be the only ones to feel it. Depending on the location of the quake, every city in the area will suffer ...

New evidence suggests the 1906 earthquake ruptured the San Andreas Fault in a single trace through Portola Village, current day Town of Portola Valley, and indicates a revised location for the ...

Map showing the area of the San Andreas Fault that the researchers studied. Rebecca Dzombak. In their research, the team looked at historical records of earthquakes in the region stretching back ...

Despite its rural location, the southern San Andreas fault is considered quite dangerous, mostly because of its massive size and capability to bring strong, destructive shaking to a huge swath of ...

Life on the San Andreas: Tiny Parkfield is unshaken as ‘Earthquake Capital of the World’ This California town is one of the most studied earthquake locations on Earth.

California's San Andreas Fault may not be a vertical fault, as previously thought, but instead shaped like a propeller, affecting scientists' understanding of how earthquakes along the fault shake ...

In the 1980s, Atwater began creating a series of animations depicting the birth and evolution of the San Andreas Fault. They suggest a precedent, Faulds said, for what is happening along the ...

Despite its rural location, the southern San Andreas fault is considered quite dangerous, mostly because of its massive size and capability to bring strong, destructive shaking to a huge swath of ...