California's San Andreas Fault is capable of triggering a massive earthquake. Here's what to know about this famous location ...

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck Parkfield in Monterey County Wednesday afternoon.The quake hit at 3:56 p.m. and was ...

Earthquakes are a fact of life in California. And now, a local research team is developing a better way to track them and possibly better understand the forces at work. They say the key is something ...

The Pacific Ring of Fire is a tectonically active region with frequent earthquakes and volcanoes, spanning 40,000 km around ...

A rare, 2.9 magnitude earthquake hit a small town north of Denver this morning, according to the United States Geological ...

S outhern California is a well-known hot spot for earthquakes. Residents of the west coast state live in one of the most seismically active regions in the world, an area distinguished by the notorious ...

A new study published in the journal JGR Solid Earth has found that one U.S. state is “overdue” for an earthquake. Lead author Vasiliki Mouslopoulou believes that the information, while chilling, ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and ...

My idea to drive to the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens turned a lark into a getaway of discovery for the Mullally pack.

If the rocks of the fault show signs of rupturing every 150 years and it's been 200 years since the last earthquake, that ...

In just 72 hours, the San Francisco Bay Area has been rocked by two magnitude 3.7 earthquakes, leaving residents on edge.

The US Geological Survey reported that the tremor occurred at 12:15 PM(local time), with the epicentre located nearly 9 miles ...