Researchers have identified an actively creeping section of the Concord Fault running through local communities in California ...

According to USGS data, the fault line usually experiences a major earthquake once every 100-300 years (depending on where you are on the 800-mile fault line, and how you define "major"). But that ...

A 3.3-magnitude earthquake hit Northern California Monday evening near Los Banos, about 30 miles from San Jose. No damage ...

LOS ALTOS, Calif. - A small earthquake hit the South Bay on Tuesday. The quake measured at a magnitude of 3.0 and was ...

The last major earthquakes on the San Andreas fault were in 1857 and 1906. The Fort Tejon earthquake of 1857 was a 7.9 magnitude, which caused ground fissures in the Los Angeles, Santa Ana and ...

A full fault rupture, estimated to be around a 7.5 magnitude, could kill between 3,000 and 18,000 people, according to US Geological Survey and Southern California Earthquake Center.

However, the state has several other fault lines that can perpetuate earthquakes. The April 14 earthquake that occurred along the Elsinore fault is part of a larger fault zone.

Santa Rosa City Schools campuses are being transformed this summer, but two campuses must undergo required earthquake studies.