The 5.2 was not on the San Andreas, but on the Elsinore fault, part of the San Andreas transform fault system. The difference is important, and this week’s earthquake highlights the earthquake ...

which could change the way we conceptualize oceanic transform faults. The Gofar fault operates much like the San Andreas, in that two tectonic plates slide sideways past each other. Unlike the San ...

which could change the way we conceptualize oceanic transform faults. The Gofar fault operates much like the San Andreas, in that two tectonic plates slide sideways past each other. Unlike the San ...

Strike-slip faults are typically associated with transform plate boundaries. One of the most well-known examples is the San Andreas Fault in California, where the Pacific Plate and North American ...

Blame it on the Mendocino triple junction where the San Andreas transform fault, the Mendocino fault, and the Cascadia subduction zone meet and interact. Geologic forces have been squeezing and ...

The Core, released in 2003, is a thrilling disaster movie that follows a team of scientists who are compelled to the Earth's center to restart the planet's core again, which has mysteriously stopped r ...

which could change the way we conceptualize oceanic transform faults. The Gofar fault operates much like the San Andreas, in that two tectonic plates slide sideways past each other. Unlike the San ...

During this time, Greenland may have been riding along the San Andreas-like fault called the Pre-Ungava Transform Margin which guided its track mostly northeast. Then, about 56 million years ago, its ...

While not a household name like the San Andreas, the Elsinore fault is part of a larger seismic zone that experts fear and ...

Seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones said this earthquake is likely associated with the Elsinore Fault, which is a branch of the larger San Andreas Fault system. Jones said the depth of the quake was about ...