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 ...

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.

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 ...

(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 ...

Without the San Andreas fault there would be no Dos Palmas Preserve ... at an average elevation of approximately -112 feet, the oasis was deep beneath the surface of Lake Cahuilla during major ...

"On the Southern end of the San Andreas Fault we've not had a major one in ... The fault zone isn't all rocks and dust, it also has a has a "Palm Oasis" packed with California Fan Palms.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Well, the fact is that there has not been a major release of stresses in the southern portion of the San Andreas fault system since 1857. In simple terms, the San Andreas is one of many fault ...

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 ...

Its dark, green canyon east of herea palm oasis of calm, or fear — looking like a serpent had swirledright out of the Greek underworld — lying out there building strainwith a silent and ...