A study of March's Myanmar earthquake has found that strike-slip faults don't necessarily repeat past behavior, meaning the ...

What's clear from the study is that while California's next "Big One" may share some characteristics of previously documented ...

A new study from CalTech sheds light on the behavior of the Sagaing Fault, which is very similar to the San Andreas Fault.

Experts have issued an urgent warning regarding a supposed upcoming earthquake known as 'The Big One'. Scientists explained that the earthquake could have a magnitude of around 7.7 on the Richter ...

A series of more than 100 earthquakes has hit Northern California, shaking up the Geysers geothermal steam field in Sonoma ...

The San Andreas Fault is overdue for a big one. Are we ready? To stream 9NEWS on your phone, you need the 9NEWS app. Download the 9NEWS app Author: Ananda Rochita Published: 12:07 PM MDT October ...

But the San Andreas Fault has about 150 miles (241 km) of slip between either side, meaning that volcanic rocks in Pinnacles National Park match those much farther south, in Los Angeles County.

As such, recent predictions limit the possible maximum earthquake magnitude along the San Andreas fault system to 8.0, although with a 7 percent probability estimate that such an event could occur ...

Rong-Gong Lin II is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times based in San Francisco who specializes in covering statewide earthquake safety issues and other natural disasters, public health and extreme ...