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

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

The earthquakes have happened in something called the "Little Lake Fault Zone." Meanwhile, the pressure is still building up on the San Andreas where the "Big One" is overdue.

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 ...

Scientists are concerned that a great earthquake is likely to occur on the southern portion of the San Andreas Fault, which runs through much of California, probably in the next 30 years. Geologists, ...

The last big earthquake on the southern part of the fault was a magnitude 7.9 in 1857. But many consider the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which hit another fault, to be a major earthquake.

This happened with devastating consequences in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a 7.9 magnitude quake in the northern section of the fault that claimed the lives of over 3,000 people.

That increased likelihood, in turn, would cause there to be a 1.15% chance of a large earthquake on the San Andreas fault in the next year.

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 ...

Earthquakes along a notorious section of the San Andreas Fault are driven by extreme temperatures deep beneath Earth's surface, with rocks being broken up and melted at temperatures of around 350 ...

The last big earthquake on the southern part of the fault was a magnitude 7.9 in 1857. But many consider the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which hit another fault, to be a major earthquake.