Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

A minor 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Bay Area on Sunday night, June 8, 2025, with its epicenter near Pinole. Residents across San Francisco, Oakland, and surrounding areas felt the brief jolt.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory could ‘revolutionize’ earthquake monitoring and provide researchers the ability to find hidden faults and looming threats in Bay Area cities.

A preliminary 3.2 magnitude earthquake struck in Concord Friday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake hit at 12:11 p.m., the USGS said. Some viewers who felt the ...

In the next 30 years, there is a 72% probability of a 6.7 magnitude earthquake striking the Bay Area, according to U.S. Geological Survey official Sarah Minson.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory could ‘revolutionize’ earthquake monitoring and provide researchers the ability to find hidden faults and looming threats in Bay Area cities.

Earthquakes happen along several fault lines in the Bay Area. The most infamous of these, the San Andreas fault line, runs through the San Francisco peninsula and was responsible for an estimated 7.7 ...