The North American plate sits just to the south. “This is the area in which the San Andreas Fault meets ... The strike-slip movement on the Mendocino Fault occurred around 6 miles beneath ...

South of Parkfield, the fault is locked, meaning the two plates do not move against one another. North of Parkfield, the San ...

Rather, two plates move against each other, building up tension, then releasing the tension in a sudden and often violent jerk. This sudden jerk creates an earthquake. The San Andreas Fault is ...

Movement along the San Andreas Fault was to blame. The North American and Pacific tectonic plates had moved past each other by more than 15 feet — compared to an annual average of two inches.

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic ... Mountains and a rift can be seen along the San Andreas Fault.

The San Andreas fault runs more than 800 miles ... zero for several fault lines due to the movement of the earth between two major tectonic plates, including the North American plate and the ...

The plates are tectonic plates that make ... Liz Bonnin introduces a video clip exploring the movement of the San Andreas fault and its impact on the coastline of Southern California.

A boundary where the plates slide past one another without ... An example of this type of boundary is the San Andreas fault, California.