According to a recent studypublished in JGR Solid Earth, nearly half of California’s fault lines—including the infamous San ...

Unlike other earthquake-prone places around the planet, California is overdue for a major quake, according to a recent study.

California's earthquakes are far more likely to be "overdue" compared with earthquakes in the rest of the world.

California is preparing for the annual ShakeOut earthquake drill ... and officials warn that prior seismic activity does not necessarily mean more powerful temblors are imminent.

An early-morning 3.1-magnitude earthquake woke parts of Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The about 7 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Monday’s 4.4 magnitude earthquake that ...

“You’re going to have some variability in these earthquakes.” While the recent heightened activity doesn’t increase the odds of Southern California getting hit with a large, damaging ...

California has experienced four earthquakes in less than 12 hours. The seismic activity began around 9pm ET when a 3.5 magnitude hit outside of Little Lake. The US Geological Survey (USGS ...

About 5% to 10% of all California earthquakes are followed by a larger one within a week, and the probability of a larger quake depends on how much aftershock activity there is, according to the USGS.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory could ‘revolutionize’ earthquake monitoring and provide researchers the ability to ...