A 4.3 magnitude earthquake jolted the Parkfield, California area Thursday afternoon, the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services confirmed. According to the U.S. Geological Survey ...

Like a red carpet, the world’s most famous fault line leads travelers straight into Parkfield, California — the “Earthquake Capital of the World.” The 18-resident town is known by ...

Yet, because it experiences a significant quake roughly every 22 years, Parkfield, located 220 miles south of San Francisco, is referred to as the Earthquake Capital of the World. “It’s a pretty ...

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Parkfield, Calif., according to the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services. The earthquake hit about 3.7 miles (6 kilometers) northwest of ...

A 3.3 magnitude earthquake shook the Parkfield area early Friday morning. The quake struck at 2:05 a.m. and was centered about seven miles southeast of the small community. Some people in northern ...

The area around Parkfield in Monterey County typically experiences an earthquake with a magnitude of 6 or greater every 22 years on average. Its last tremor was in 2004 — but that one came 14 ...

Parkfield is suspected to be nearing the end of its quiet period and an earthquake could strike the fault line this year, according to lead researcher Luca Malagnini. Scientists have long been ...

A region of the fault line in California may be about to produce an earthquake, scientists predicted. GaryKavanagh/Getty The last quake in Parkfield occurred in 2004—around 14 years late ...

According to a newly published study in the journal Frontiers in Earth Science, the Parkfield section of the fault in Monterey County experiences earthquakes regularly - about every 22 years.

located near the tiny central Californian town of Parkfield, last shook back in 2004. That means it’ll soon be ready for another rumble. Similar to the 2004 earthquake, scientists hope that ...