The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike‑slip transform fault stretching roughly 1,200 km in California.

California's San Andreas Fault is capable of triggering a massive earthquake. Here's what to know about this famous location often associated with earthquakes.

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S outhern California is a well-known hot spot for earthquakes. Residents of the west coast state live in one of the most seismically active regions in the world, an area distinguished by the notorious ...