Interactive map from the California Geological Survey shows the destruction potential of a tsunami wave in the Golden State.

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.

San Francisco: A minor earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 shook the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday evening, according to ...

But the potential for large earthquakes extends beyond the San Andreas fault. The West Coast is ground zero for several fault lines due to the movement of the earth between two major tectonic ...