A retired scientist with the USGS worries about the impact the government shutdown is having on the agency's earthquake ...
A big earthquake on the Hayward Fault could cause damage similar to deadly 1989 Loma Prieta quake, experts say. Thursday’s ...
The epicenter of the earthquake was along the San Andreas Fault, about 56 miles south of San Francisco and 10 miles north of ...
Nearly a million San Diego County residents participated Thursday in this year's Great California ShakeOut, the statewide ...
The Helena Valley sits atop a variety of different sediments and rocks, making it particularly susceptible to earthquake ...
Residents of the US’s West Coast have long feared “The Big One” – the apparently inevitable massive earthquake that will one day hit where the Pacific tectonic plate meets its North American neighbor.
The most widespread way is through Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), which sends loud alerts to all cellphones. If an ...
An earthquake hits the San Francisco Bay Area on October 17, 1989, killing 67 people and causing more than $5 billion in damages. Though this was one of the most powerful and destructive earthquakes ...