The last “big one”-level moments in California’s recorded earthquake history were the 1857 quake in the central third of the San Andreas Fault and the 1906 earthquake in the northern third.

The findings also indicate that the Bay Area has a 51% chance of experiencing an earthquake with a magnitude of 7 and a 20% chance of measuring a magnitude of 7.5 or higher within that time frame.

California's largest recorded earthquakes since 1800, ranked by magnitude, according to the California Department of Conservation. 7.9 : Jan. 9, 1857 in Fort Tejon Two killed; created 220-mile ...

Power restoring, cleanup underway after deadly Northern California earthquake 01:48. FERNDALE — A powerful earthquake that residents described as "violent" rocked a rural stretch of the Northern ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the town of Petrolia in California Thursday at 10:44 a.m. local time, generating a tsunami warning stretching from southern Oregon to San Francisco.

In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...

A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Big Bear City in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles, California, officials say.

The quake was a big moment for Carter Krengel, a 27-year-old paralegal who moved from Minnesota to California in 2018. It was his first time experiencing an earthquake.

In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.

A 4.0-magnitude earthquake near Ontario shook the Los Angeles area in California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 3-mile deep quake hit 3 miles from Ontario, California, at 3:51 a.m ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 shook Northern California's on New Year's Day, striking in the same area where a tremor struck about two weeks ago.

California has dozens of earthquakes every day. Most are below 3.0 magnitude, so small that they aren’t felt. But a few, like the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, are massive, capable of ...