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Two sets of earthquake swarms have hit California. What's going on along the Mexico border?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck at 5:17 a.m. Monday near an active swarm of smaller quakes that...
Fault along L.A., O.C. coast could unleash huge earthquake on scale of San Andreas, study shows
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEarlier estimates said the fault zone could generate up to a magnitude 7.4 earthquake, but a new...
What triggers an earthquake and how are they measured? A California physicist answers
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn Thursday afternoon, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake rattled Northern California, its epicenter at Lake...
'The big one': Researchers gain clearest picture yet of fault that threatens the Pacific Northwest
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 week agoA fault off the Pacific coast could devastate Washington, Oregon and Northern California with a...
How the deadly Long Beach earthquake in 1933 propelled California's seismic safety rules
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"Just one of the many apartment homes that are coming in for plenty of fresh air," someone wrote on...
New map shows U.S. areas at risk of damaging earthquakes
CBS News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe United States Geological Survey warned that nearly 75% of the U.S. could face potentially...
What causes earthquakes in the Northeast, like the magnitude 4.8 that shook New Jersey? A...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA map of earthquakes over the past century. The large orange dot was a magnitude 4.8 on April 5,...
Earthquake rocked Northern California near Isleton. Did Stanislaus County feel it?
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe United State Geological Survey sent a ShakeAlert on Wednesday morning warning some California...
Balanced boulders on San Andreas fault suggest the 'Big One' won't be as destructive as once thought
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoLayers of earthquake-twisted ground are seen at dusk where the 14 freeway crosses the San Andreas...
String of earthquakes rattles L.A.: Are they telling us something bigger?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 week agoSouthern California was recently rattled by several small earthquakes. They produced minor shaking...