Nation No, the California earthquakes weren’t along the San Andreas fault July 6, 2019July 6, 2019Anne Godlasky, USA TODAYComments Off on No, the California earthquakes weren’t along the San Andreas fault When a magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck a day after a 6.4 in Southern California, searches for "San Andreas fault" spiked. Ridgecrest is far from it.