The Unseen Power Beneath Our Feet Beneath our feet lies a hidden world of incredible power. The Earth’s crust is a dynamic ...

The San Andreas fault line caused destruction and distinction in California. Ray Isle offers an itinerary to explore the ...

The San Andreas Fault is accessible throughout the state of California, making earthquake experiences possible. An earthquake may occur any time due to the pressure building on the fault line over ...

A USGS map shows where in California 2.5 magnitude (or greater) earthquakes were recorded in the last seven days—the San Andreas Fault is represented as a thick red line. A USGS map shows where ...

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.

From Hirsch, I followed the line of the fault to Tomales Bay and ... (If you think of the San Andreas Fault as a big river running north to south, then the Loma Prieta fault is one of its minor ...

CampPhoto / Getty Images A sag basin on the San Andreas fault line The San Andreas has been responsible for earthquakes (a little too often) and strings of erupting volcanoes (in the very distant past ...