Alex Biston takes an offroad tour in Palm Desert to the San Andreas Fault, a continental rift that has caused many ...
Among the preserve is a canyon hike that was formed after two plates along the San Andreas Fault converged. The Painted Canyon of Mecca Hills is one of the most popular attractions in the now ...
“The Puente Hills fault is much more dangerous than the San Andreas because it sits underneath a very densely inhabited part ...
It is estimated that the Puente Hills thrust fault is capable of generating earthquakes with magnitudes as high as 7.5. The famed San Andreas Fault stretches approximately 750 miles from the ...
Friday’s quake, and its much more powerful relative, likely both occurred along the San Andreas fault, said Robert Skoumal, a research geophysicist at the United States Geological Survey.
The USGS says it was about three miles from the San Francisco Zoo near the San Andreas Fault and the depth of the quake was five miles. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries ...