The San Andreas Fault is about 746 miles (1,200 km) long and about 10 miles (16 km) deep. While the San Andreas is a giant fault that is even visible from space, if you zoom in, you'll see a ...

The San Andreas Fault line, which stretches some 800 miles across California, marks the boundary between the Pacific and North tectonic plates, according to the outlet.

Monday’s magnitude 4.4 quake that rattled Southern California is believed to have struck on a well-known and dangerous fault system known as the Puente Hills thrust fault system.

The most famous fault in the U.S. is San Andreas.Of course, the seismic overreactions of the film industry certainly help put its name in the minds of the disaster-conscious, but it’s infamy was ...

North of Parkfield, the San Andreas fault moves freely, with the plates creeping against one another at a constant rate of 1.4 inches (3.6 centimeters) a year.