San Andreas Fault Archives

Outcrop of carbonate-altered mantle rock in the San Andreas Fault area. A recent study shows that carbon sequestration in mantle rocks may prevent large earthquakes in parts of the San Andreas Fault. (Photo by Frieder Klein, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Geological carbon sequestration in mantle rocks prevents large earthquakes in parts...

September 21, 2022

California’s San Andreas Fault. The “creeping” central section, subject of a new study, is in yellow. Rock samples from almost 2 miles down were taken at the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth, or SAFOD, marked by the red star. (Adapted from Coffey et al., Geology, 2022)

A slow-motion section of the San Andreas fault may not be...

March 13, 2022

Deep underground forces explain quakes on San Andreas Fault

September 9, 2020

Chance of big San Andreas earthquake increased by Ridgecrest temblors, study...

July 25, 2020

Signs of 1906 earthquake revealed in mapping of offshore northern San...

March 28, 2019

A cartoon showing how anomalous earthquakes near the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults in southern California work in regions deep below the Earth's surface.

Geoscientists find unexpected ‘deep creep’ near San Andreas, San Jacinto faults

September 19, 2018

‘Slow earthquakes’ on San Andreas Fault increase risk of large quakes

June 21, 2018

Site of the next major earthquake on the San Andreas Fault?

June 21, 2018

Parkfield segment of San Andreas fault may host occasional large earthquakes

November 30, 2017

Some earthquakes on San Andreas Fault triggered by gravitational tug of...

July 19, 2016

San Andreas Fault ‘locked, loaded and ready to roll’ with big...

May 5, 2016

New study compares shallow earthquakes and deeper tremors along southern San...

January 28, 2016

Some sections of the San Andreas Fault system in San Francisco...

October 15, 2014

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August 21, 2014

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Ancient creature discovered in the depths of the Arctic Ocean

December 11, 2014

Don’t build your model on sand

March 15, 2016

Inesite

May 2, 2014

Intensity of desert storms may affect ocean phytoplankton

August 29, 2015

Researchers practice living on Mars – without leaving Earth

August 3, 2014

Researchers seek to understand the subsurface on a massive scale