The San Andreas Fault received its name from Andrew Lawson after the 1906 earthquake. He named it for San Andreas Lake, a (now) man-modified sag pond in San Mateo county through which the fault...
The San Andreas fault is actually a "Strike-Slip" fault, which means that the movement of the plates is a side-to-side movement past each other. The Pacific plate, relatively speaking, is moving...
San Andreas, California is actually a bit EAST of Stockton, California. By accessing the "Fault Map" link provided below, you can readily see that the fault zone is actually WEST of San Francisco at...