The San Andreas Fault is the cause of some of the worst earthquakes ... but first we would stop for a visit to a real desert oasis. Palm Springs is aptly named, considering the city and valley ...

The gorgeous hues and jagged edges of the Vasquez Rocks, the naturally occurring oasis in Thousand Palms, and the tranquil Tomales Bay in Marin County can all thank the San Andreas fault for ...

At oasis San Andres (not to be confused with ... a ride on the slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains, thanks to the San Andreas fault. The folding and heaving of the ages fashioned a nice sweeping ...

He was walking through the preserve’s Thousand Palms Oasis, in the jungle shadows ... The Northridge quake struck along a 10-mile fault. The San Andreas can break for 200-plus miles, as it ...

Similar research by Fumal and his colleagues on the San Andreas fault zone at Thousand Palms Oasis near Palm Springs indicates that this part of the fault is also primed for an earthquake.

(If you think of the San Andreas Fault as a big river running north to ... It’s home to a lot of farmland, but also Eden Rift Vineyards, an oasis of vines embraced on three sides by hills ...

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 ...

So it's probably worth knowing where the major fault lines in the Bay Area are. According to the USGS, there are seven "significant" faults in the Bay Area: the San Andreas Fault, the Calaveras ...

A swarm of minor earthquakes near California's Salton Sea is raising concern about the potential for a larger temblor at the state's San Andreas Fault. According to the U.S. Geological Survey ...

The southern San Andreas fault in California is in a seismic drought, going more than 300 years without a major earthquake. New research shows the lack of seismic activity may be due to the drying ...

Part of the San Andreas Fault in southern California may be on shakier ground than previously thought. However, a new study suggests one part of the fault, east of Los Angeles, is accumulating a ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing [email protected] Earthquakes triggered by the notorious San Andreas Fault in California may have been triggered by an ancient ...