By contrast, an earthquake on the Puente Hills thrust fault system probably would max out at a magnitude 7.5 — still powerful, but less so than the southern San Andreas.

The magnitude 4.4 earthquake that rattled Los Angeles on Monday was centered within one of the region’s most potentially destructive fault systems, one capable of producing a magnitude 7.5 ...

By contrast, an earthquake on the Puente Hills thrust fault system probably would max out at a magnitude 7.5 — still powerful, but less so than the southern San Andreas.

A California fault line remains relatively unknown. It caused last week’s quake and might be the site of ‘the big one’ - The 10-mile deep Puente Hills thrust fault runs beneath downtown Los ...

The 6.5 magnitude earthquake that rocked the Paso Robles region Monday was attributed to just such a fault. It's called a thrust fault, and in the Bay Area some can produce earthquakes just as ...

Thrust faults have been the site of some of the world's largest quakes, such as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake off the coast of Japan, which damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

The Foothill Thrust Belt faults are deep under Silicon Valley, and researchers at Stanford found they’re capable of generating a magnitude 6.9 earthquake every 250 to 300 years.

The fault was the source of the Oct. 1, 1987, Whittier Narrows earthquake that caused eight deaths and $358 million in damage, Shaw said. It was a magnitude 5.9 – 6.0 quake.

PASADENA, Calif. – The earthquake that struck Central California on Monday occurred in a region of scenic beauty and seismic activity, where the nearby clash of the Pacific and North American ...

Earthquakes on thrust faults can spread 10 times farther to a second nearby thrust fault than previously thought. by University of California - Riverside. ...

A California fault line remains relatively unknown. It caused last week’s quake and might be the site of ‘the big one’ The 10-mile deep Puente Hills thrust fault runs beneath downtown Los ...