Explore: San Andreas Fault

The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike-slip transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through the U.S. state

The San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) was a research project that began in 2002 aimed at collecting geological data about the San Andreas Fault

Giamatti. Its plot centers on a massive earthquake caused by the San Andreas Fault that devastates the West Coast of the United States. Principal photography

Union City, Fremont, and San Jose. The Hayward Fault is parallel to the San Andreas Fault, which lies offshore and through the San Francisco Peninsula. To

is moving in a northwest direction) in other locations such as the San Andreas Fault in central and southern California. Tectonic processes active in the

number of such faults are found on land, although these are generally better-known, such as the San Andreas Fault and North Anatolian Fault. Transform boundaries

earthquake originated along the Mojave segment of the San Andreas Fault near Wrightwood, but other faults have been suggested as the cause. Several studies

The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake was a major seismic event involving tectonic activity of the San Andreas Fault. At 05:12 AM Pacific Standard Time on

California, United States. The San Andreas fault runs through this town, and six successive magnitude 6 earthquakes occurred on the fault at unusually regular intervals

injuries. The Loma Prieta segment of the San Andreas Fault System had been relatively inactive since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (to the degree that