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

From Napa to Santa Cruz, people felt the jolt of a 3.9 earthquake Monday. The epicenter was near the Calaveras fault. We take ...

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

That fault plays a starring role in the 1978 movie "Superman," with an aerial image of it in a sparsely populated area. Despite its rural location, the southern San Andreas fault is considered ...

The earthquake, measuring 3.93 magnitude, struck near Los Angeles, California, on Sunday night, and was felt in parts of ...

KTVU meteorologist Mark Tamayo looks at each fault in the Bay Area, including the San Andreas and Calaveras, and the region's long earthquake history. Posted March 10, 2025 12:25pm PDT Share ...

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

The possibility of a major earthquake in California is a significant concern due to the state's location along active fault lines. With the buildup of seismic stress along the San Andreas Fault ...

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 ...

The three magnitude-3 quakes near Petrolia took place near the northern portion of the infamous San Andreas fault, a major fracture in the Earth's crust that spans 800 miles up and down California.