New San Ramon earthquake swarm shakes East Bay
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A series of small earthquakes rattled the San Francisco Bay Area in an area that’s had a lot of seismic activity in recent months. The most powerful of
A rapid-fire barrage of 16 earthquakes slammed Southern California in less than 24 hours, reigniting terrifying fears that the “Big One” is getting ready to tear the region apart. A 4.9 magnitude earthquake hit near Indio,
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4.9 magnitude earthquake, aftershocks rattle Indio in Southern California near San Andreas fault
A 4.9-magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks rattled the Inland Empire on Monday night, according to the United States Geological Survey.
For generations, scientists believed that the West Coast’s two great earthquake engines — the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault — operated on separate geologic stages. One dives, one slides, and both hold immense destructive potential.
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Tiny earthquakes reveal hidden faults where San Andreas meets Cascadia
Northern California’s coast keeps you on alert, even on quiet days. Offshore, three tectonic plates meet near Humboldt County at the Mendocino Triple Junction. It is where the San Andreas fault system approaches the Cascadia subduction zone.
A series of earthquakes rocked a Bay Area city on Feb. 2. Did you feel it? San Ramon was hit by a cluster of quakes starting with a magnitude 3.8 earthquake about 2.4 miles southeast of the city, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake had a depth of about 6 miles.
The West Coast of North America is a geologically tumultuous zone where tectonic plates collide, subducting under and scraping past one another. Over the eons, this activity has regularly caused major earthquakes. New research reveals that some of these ...
It’s like a plot from a Hollywood movie. A massive earthquake on one West Coast fault triggers other earthquakes far away, causing vast destruction over hundreds of miles. A new study out Tuesday reveals the scenario might not be as far-fetched as ...
They are two of the West Coast’s most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: The San Andreas fault in California and the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of California’s North Coast, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. The public has often ...