"The numerical model was able to simulate slip along ... over the Salton Basin – a large pull-apart located on the San Andreas fault, a strike-slip fault, in Southern California," Berne said.

Multiple tremors were recorded by the USGS over the past week, including one which struck as the Oscars ceremony was underway.

"Our new model of the Hayward and Calaveras faults ... Johnson thriller "San Andreas," that a major quake on the San Andreas fault could result in cities crashing to the ground, tsunami waves ...