San Andreas' Fault

The San Andreas fault extends through California for a distance of nearly 600 miles. It is a right-lateral strike-slip fault, meaning that the opposite side of the fault always moves to the right, and the motion is predominantly horizontal. This fault greatly affects the rocks through which it passes, as seen at this well-known locality just west of the Avenue S offramp from the Highway 14 freeway in the city of Palmdale, California (not far from LA). I guess you could safely say it`s San Andreas` fault whenever anything goes wrong around there!