A strike-slip fault is when two blocks slip past one another, like the San Andreas Fault line. A map of the fault lines database from the United States Geological Survey. A map of the fault lines ...

Georgia still has a number of fault lines, though. That’s where most earthquakes occur. The Brevard Fault Line, the best-known one, runs from Blue Ridge to Marietta. The Soque River Fault ...

Reid Merrill says a 20-km fault line under the Georgia Strait could one day trigger ... are occurring on faults that we have been unable to map simply because they're so deep," Bird said.