The San Andreas Fault is the cause of some of the worst earthquakes ever seen. This fascinating tour in Palm Springs gets up ...

A VT event occurs when magma under pressure or cooling rock causes rock to crack or slip ... such as the San Andreas fault and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge). VT events cycle as many as five times ...

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.

Now, the bulge of material trapped between these same two plates is being ejected towards the east, thanks in part to the Sagaing fault. As far as faults are concerned, the San Andreas Fault in ...