Photo: Deadly San Andreas Fault Longer Than Thought

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A groove along the San Andreas Fault slices through the Carrizo Plain, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Los Angeles, California.

Scientists announced in July 2008 that the infamous fault runs about 18 miles (30 kilometers) further south than previously known.

Photograph by James P. Blair/NGS

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