The massive fault line could trigger California’s next catastrophic earthquake, but how likely is the so-called ‘Big One’?

San Andreas Fault Will Probably Produce a Major Earthquake by 2045—The Clock is Ticking Published Feb 12, 2019 at 5:00 AM EST File photo: The San Andreas Fault is overdue a big earthquake. iStock ...

A 2008 U.S. Geological Survey report warned that a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the southern San Andreas fault would cause more than 1,800 deaths, 50,000 injuries, $200 billion in damage and severe ...

A swarm of more than 400 earthquakes has hit California in the area between the San Andreas fault and the Imperial fault, with further seismic activity and potentially larger earthquakes set to ...

The 9.3-mile deep San Andreas Fault in California is one of the longest and most active in the world. This computer-generated image is enhanced to show its features - illustration. (SRTM, JPL, NASA) ...

When the magnitude-6.4 earthquake on the Fourth of July was followed by an even bigger 7.1 quake Friday night, talk of the "Big One" became inevitable and Google searches for "San Andreas fault ...

As such, recent predictions limit the possible maximum earthquake magnitude along the San Andreas fault system to 8.0, although with a 7 percent probability estimate that such an event could occur ...

The U.S. Geological Survey published a hypothetical scenario of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the San Andreas fault that could kill 1,800 people, injure 5,000, displace some 500,000 to 1 million ...

“While small, this probability is 3.5-5.0 times higher than the annual chance of a large San Andreas earthquake in the ‘UCERF3’ benchmark model for California,” they added.

Russia's 8.8-magnitude earthquake prompted tsunami warnings along the Pacific coast. Here's what California's San Andreas and ...

Calculations show that from now until October 4, the chance of a magnitude 7 or greater earthquake happening along the Southern San Andreas Fault is as high as 1 in 100, and as low as 1 in 3,000.

In 1857, the San Andreas Fault saw a 7.8 magnitude temblor preceded by two smaller-scale quakes farther north and, in 1992, a 6.1 magnitude quake in Joshua Tree National Park kicked off a series ...