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Stories about: San Andreas Fault

New San Andreas Fault Data Available Recently, scientists at the Arizona State University (ASU) and the University of California in Irvine (UCI) conducted a new research on the San Andreas fault line, but this time at the site of the giant earthquake of Fort Tejon (1857). The investigators analyzed data on stream channel offsets in the region, and were ... 22 January 2010 09:09 GMT Earthquakes Affect Fault Lines Across the Planet The commonly accepted model of our planet states that the thick core is surrounded by a massive layer of magma known as the mantle, on which the tectonic plates that make up the crust float. When these plates meet, in areas known as fault lines, they collide against each other. When these collisions are delayed, tens... 1 October 2009 02:35 GMT