The San Jacinto Fault, considered part of the San Andreas Fault system, has a 5% chance of magnitude 6.7 or larger earthquakes. The line begins at Cajun Pass and runs southeast through San Bernardino, ...

The clusters of earthquakes have all been underneath the East Bay suburb of San Ramon, which is close to the Calaveras fault.

Major quakes in Japan and Alaska along with a spate of smaller earthquakes in California this fall make folks ask, is the Big ...

Earthquakes, while often associated with the western United States, can strike anywhere in the country, leaving residents to experience their effects in varying degrees. This article explores why ...

Earthquakes occur when there is a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust, resulting in seismic waves. The USGS provides critical data on earthquake occurrences, helping to inform the public and ...

An international team of researchers led by The University of New Mexico set out to understand how these mature faults break ...

A series of small earthquakes rattled the East Bay on Monday, with 11 quakes recorded in a single day, according to the U.S.

Thousands of people across the California Bay Area were rattled as a burst of minor earthquakes arrived in rapid succession, ...

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake occurred at 12:36 p.m. Sunday along the Camp Pendleton coastal line, generating brief, minor ...

People in the Bay Area continue to experience the “flare up” of earthquakes into Monday afternoon, Oakland being the latest ...

In the latest report prepared by a Japanese government earthquake task force, it was estimated that up to 298,000 people ...