Impact: The 1933 earthquake was Southern California’s deadliest in the modern record, leaving nearly 120 dead and causing $40 ...

It’s now way easier to find out if you live in a California earthquake fault zone. The California Geological Survey has published an easy-to-use interactive map online — type in your address ...

California's earthquake faults are more likely to be "overdue" for a major quake than those elsewhere in the world, new ...

California has been required by state law to map the known active surface faults since the 1970s. Those maps number in the hundreds and were cumbersome to search before they were digitized.

According to a recent studypublished in JGR Solid Earth, nearly half of California’s fault lines—including the infamous San ...

On Feb. 18, the California Geological Survey released the maps expanding existing ... rupture in the event of an earthquake. Some of the new proposed fault lines include a several-mile stretch ...

HOLLYWOOD (KABC) -- A new finalized version of a California earthquake map shows an active fault line running through Hollywood, raising questions about the Millennium Hollywood development ...

In the case of an earthquake fault zone, a geology investigation may conclude that the property, while near a fault, is not on top of the actual fault line — and an owner is free to build.

The CGS creates earthquake fault zone maps under the Alquist-Priolo Act, established following the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. The last time one of these maps was released in the city was in 2003.