When people think about geological faults, they usually think about earthquakes. Yet faults do not move only during ...

Record stress along the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults could trigger a major earthquake around Los Angeles.

Scientists say the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults are more stressed than at any time in 1,000 years, raising questions about future California quakes.

Los Angeles could be edging closer to “the big one,” with new research finding earthquake stress has reached its highest ...

The San Andreas fault and a neighboring fault in Southern California have reached their highest levels of tectonic stress in 1,000 years, and a rupture at one fault could propagate to the other, ...

A new study suggests the San Andreas Fault has reached stress levels not seen in nearly 1,000 years. While scientists are not predicting an imminent earthquake, the findings raise important questions ...

Earthquake experts have long warned of a looming "Big One" that will have devastating impacts. A study says warning signs ...

Bridget Smith-Konter is a Northern Arizona University researcher who studies the San Andreas fault. And her newest research ...

San Andreas Fault and the smaller San Jacinto Fault are now "critically stressed" – reaching a 1,000-year high level of ...

Record stress is building on Southern California's San Andreas and San Jacinto faults, raising the risk that both could ...

The fault lines have reached “unprecedented levels,” according to the study.

A recent study suggested the stress along the southern San Andreas is stronger now than it has been in at least 1,000 years ...