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.

Now, the bulge of material trapped between these same two plates is being ejected towards the east, thanks in part to the Sagaing fault. As far as faults are concerned, the San Andreas Fault in ...

This section of the San Andreas, located near the tiny central ... physics and effects for strike-slip earthquakes and transform fault settings worldwide.” The new study’s lead author ...

The San Andreas fault line caused destruction and distinction in California. Ray Isle offers an itinerary to explore the ...

The tremor occurred in the Blanco Fracture Zone (BFZ), deemed more active than California's San Andreas Fault ... 6 earthquake in the Blanco Transform fault, very far offshore of Oregon.

The place is so peaceful that you’d hardly guess that the San Andreas Fault, that tumultuous collision of two vast tectonic plates, runs directly under the water in front of you. It bisects ...