Remote sections along California’s massive San Andreas ... fault line that causes “very simple geometry and behavior” ...

South of Parkfield, the fault is locked, meaning the two plates do not move against one another. North of Parkfield, the San ...

The USGS says it was about three miles from the San Francisco Zoo near the San Andreas Fault and the depth of the quake was five miles. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries ...

This sudden jerk creates an earthquake. The San Andreas Fault is undoubtedly the most famous transform boundary in the world. To the west of the fault is the Pacific plate, which is moving northwest.