A late-night 2.9-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area in California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

EXTENSION: Research how the federal government responded to the April 1906 San Francisco earthquake and detail what precedents this set for future government responses to natural disasters.

In the heart of California, the San Andreas Fault lies like a ticking time bomb, silently building pressure for over a century. Stretching more than 1,200 kilometers, this massive fault marks the ...

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

San Francisco has assigned a seismic hazard score to hundreds of city-owned buildings. Some key ones, including a jury duty ...

Everyone knows about the San Andreas, the massive fault that was responsible for both the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the 1989 Loma Prieta quake.

A 2.9-magnitude quake hit near Fairview in the San Francisco Bay Area, with over 800 people reporting it felt as far as West Sacramento and Santa Cruz.

A late-night 2.9-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area in California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The six-mile deep quake hit three miles from Fairview, which is about a ...

The year was 1925. The new “skyscraper” getting all the buzz was the planned Bank of Italy tower, which became an enduring ...