The San Jacinto Fault, considered part of the San Andreas Fault system, has a 5% chance of magnitude 6.7 or larger earthquakes. The line begins at Cajun Pass and runs southeast through San Bernardino, ...
They are two of the West Coast’s most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: The San Andreas fault in California and the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of California’s North Coast, Oregon, ...
The West Coast of North America is a geologically tumultuous zone where tectonic plates collide, subducting under and scraping past one another. Over the eons, this activity has regularly caused major ...
Recent earthquakes that have shaken California may be a result of a Southern California fault line considered even more dangerous than the San Andreas fault. Los Angeles was rattled by a 4.4 magnitude ...
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck near San Ramon along the Calaveras Fault, with no reported damage or injuries. The tremor followed a recent cluster of small quakes in the same area, highlighting ...
The March 28, 2025, Myanmar earthquake is giving scientists a rare look into how some of the world's most dangerous fault ...