Scientists discover enormous pockets of salty brine beneath the Pacific Ocean, key to understanding periodic underwater ...

Perched on the edge of the continent where land surrenders to the mighty Pacific, Point Reyes Lighthouse stands as California’s most dramatically positioned maritime sentinel. This isn’t just another ...

While most people immediately think of the San Andreas Fault when it comes to potential seismic disasters in the United States, there’s another fault line that has recently been gaining more attention ...

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 ...

CALIPATRIA– A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the Salton Sea early Friday morning, jolting residents and triggering a ...

Another 2.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Tennessee on July 9 around 8:52 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

On the 100th anniversary of the quake that changed the city forever, the clock is ticking for the next Big One.

In California, where the next "Big One" is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.

Monday's magnitude 4.4 quake that rattled Southern California is believed to have struck on a well-known and dangerous fault system known as the Puente Hills thrust fault system.

On Thursday night, three earthquakes were detected near California's deadliest fault line the San Andres Fault, according to records from the United States Geographic Survey.

Parkfield in California is no stranger to an earthquake – it sits on the San Andreas Fault, after all. Previously, it seemed that a quake with a magnitude of 6 or greater happened here around ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The southern section of California’s San Andreas fault hasn’t experienced a major earthquake in ...