The San Andreas fault is one of California’s most ... Here’s the problem: Scientists have observed that based on the movement of tectonic plates, with the Pacific plate moving northwest ...

Large sections of land on either side of the San Andreas fault are ... on the mechanics of the famous fault line. Compared to the more predictable horizontal movement of the fault in between ...

The average rate of plate movement along the San Andreas Fault has remained fairly consistent at approximately 2 inches per year for the last several million years. Given the aforementioned 159 ...

The San Andreas fault sits right where the North American and Pacific Plates meet and — with curves ... about 150 years since the last significant movement for the fault's land between Monterey ...

Research Finds Major Movement Detected Along San Andreas Fault By NBC Bay Area staff • Published June 23, 2016 • Updated on January 12, 2018 at 12:18 am • Published June 23, 2016 • Updated on ...

New evidence has found that the San Jacinto Fault zone ... between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate as they grind together at the San Andreas Fault. An area of the San Jacinto ...

This movement is known as ... At the heart of the San Andreas Fault’s seismic activity lies the relentless motion of tectonic plates. The Pacific Plate and the North American Plate are ...

The San Andreas Fault, which is the border section between two huge tectonic plates beneath Earth's surface, stretches for more than 800 miles through California. The plates are relatively static ...

Some background — The San Andreas Fault is the boundary between the Pacific plate to the west and the ... dating methods to figure out the movement of the fault strands in the Coachella Valley ...

For many people, “earthquake in California” equates to the San Andreas fault. The 5.2 was ... Pacific and North American plates, accomodating the horizontal movement between the two.

But the unprecedented movement on the 160-mile-long Garlock ... of the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake along the San Andreas Fault. About one-fifth the length of the San Andreas, the ...