More than 50 new surface earthquake faults have been discovered in California over the last two decades, according to a new state map that officials hope will help guide future development ...

With Gov. Jerry Brown’s approval, California officials are reviving an ambitious plan to study dangerous earthquake faults and create zoning maps that could restrict development. The California ...

This map shows earthquakes within the last 30 days of 2.5 magnitude or higher as red circles. Historical earthquakes of more than magnitude 5 are shown on a separate layer as blue circles.

The state’s first new map of earthquake faults in 16 years shows active faults in Orange County — among them the Newport-Inglewood fault, one of the most dangerous according to the state’s ...

Andy Randolph and his son William stop for photos of a crack in California State Route 178 hours after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Searles Valley area on July 4, 2019 in Ridgecrest, Calif.

Nearly all of California has a more than 95% chance of a damaging earthquake in the next century, a new United States Geological Survey map shows.. The new USGS National Seismic Hazard Model ...

A minor, 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Thursday. It was followed by a larger, 4.3-magnitude quake ...

Color-coded map shows where ‘damaging’ earthquakes are most likely to occur by: Amber Coakley. Posted: Jan 18, 2024 / 09:34 AM PST. ... Are most of these news faults in California?

USGS map of the earthquake and its aftershocks. The main magnitude 5.2 earthquake is marked in blue, and the most recent aftershock is marked in red, having occurred at around 3:30 a.m. local time.

In this same page, two earthquakes were recorded in the morning of Thursday, September 26 at around 5 AM near California. Though this did not occur on land, they were close to geological faults. This ...