Scientists do have tools to assess earthquake risk though - which is different from prediction. Risk analysis looks at ...

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Recalling the time that some predicted California would be struck by a massive earthquake and fall into the Pacific Ocean. Could it really happen?

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 ...

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.

An earthquake registering a magnitude of 3.7 shook part of the San Francisco Bay Area and people reported feeling a quick jolt. There were no immediate reports of injuries or major property damage.

“Wild predictions of disastrous earthquakes ... the earth’s crust where it spans the two tectonic plates. The San Andreas Fault System, which crosses California from the Salton Sea in the ...