A minor, 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck near San Francisco on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North ...

An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 has shaken the San Francisco Bay Area. It was near the San Francisco Zoo, according to preliminary data reported by the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake appeared to ...

Scientists are always eagerly studying it, because it is right on top of the San Andreas fault, and has been called the ...

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.

That two inches -- the average distance the San Andreas fault moves each year -- has the ... buildings in California are built to some of the world'' toughest standards when it comes to seismic ...