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.

On February 8, 2025, a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit the Northwestern Caribbean Sea, initiating a Tsunami alert 130 ...

Ask them what kind of stress results in this type of fault (compression, tension, or shear). Ask them near what plate boundary (convergent, divergent, and transform) one can expect to see this ...

The BFZ is a transform plate boundary, where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally, which connects the Juan de Fuca ridge with the Gorda rise spreading centers. The fault starts ...