The San Andreas fault — what it is, why it matters, and what you should know about its earthquakes
Given the development of California and its proximity to the fault, San Andreas can cause huge problems in the not-too-distant ...
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Gravitational pull causes some earthquakes on California’s San Andreas Fault
Despite being thousands of kilometers away, the sun and moon are behind some of the earthquakes on the Earth.
California faces tsunami risk – L.A. specifically threatened
It's not just the San Andreas fault - a new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research reports that ...
6.9 earthquake hits California, followed by aftershocks
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake off the coast of Northern California struck Sunday night, on the 9th of March. It was ...
The next big earthquake
The massive 9.0 earthquake was the last in a series that devastated countries across the boundary of the Pacific plate. ...
An earthquake wake up call — to the US
You don't get any country better prepared for an earthquake than Japan. They know they are at risk, they are ...
3D supercomputer simulation predicts disastrous outcome for L.A. on the next “Big One”
The San Andreas fault is notorious for its unstable seismic nature, being the center stage for America's most devastating earthquakes ...
3 million years inactive fault in Sierra Nevada may trigger quakes after all
The major fault in Sierra Nevada is believed to have been "quiet" for more than 3 million years has shown ...