Article by Sandra S. Schulz and Robert E. Wallace, USGS includes photographs. The presence of the San Andreas fault was brought dramatically to world attention on April 18, 1906, when sudden displacement along the fault produced the great San Francisco earthquake and fire. This earthquake, however, was but one of many that have resulted from episodic displacement along the fault throughout its life of about 15-20 million years.

The San Andreas Fault and the San Francisco Bay Area This image shows San Andreas Lake and Crystal Springs reservoir from the air, looking SouthEast from HERE. The highway paralleling the lakes to the left is Interstate 280, ``the most beautiful urban highway in the United States''. (And it is indeed very scenic.) This valley is remarkably straight because the San Andreas fault runs down its ...

Hop on the bus and let's go for a field trip! Everybody has FUN on the bus. It's early in the morning, and can you believe we're standing on a levee in Watsonville But look, you can see the San Andreas Fault from here! Let's get a closer look at those offset streams. Can you see the right-lateral fault Boy, Cari, isn't that one of that one of the nicest landslides you've ever seen Todd sure ...