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What to know about today's Great ShakeOut, California's earthquake drill
CBS News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Great ShakeOut, which happens today, is an annual safety drill that began in earthquake-prone...
Are earthquakes happening more? What to know after California, Hawaii hit by quakes.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake prompted panic in the Philippines and two separate earthquakes —...
California's water from Colorado River could be crippled by a big earthquake. Drought makes fixes...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCrews work on a portion of a 104-inch diameter earthquake-resistant ductile iron pipe on the...
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...
An earthquake destroyed their home days before Christmas. They still have to pay the mortgage
CNN via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA 6.4 magnitude earthquake forced hundreds out of their damaged Northern California homes months...
Move over, earthquakes. California’s next ‘Big One’ could leave Fresno underwater
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoCalifornians are practically born bracing themselves for the “Big One.” For decades the “Big One”...
Risk of catastrophic California 'megaflood' has doubled due to global warming, researchers say
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA "1,000-year" rain event in Death Valley National Park left cars buried in mud and debris recently....
'It could happen tomorrow': Experts know disaster upon disaster looms for West Coast
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt's the elevators that worry earthquake engineering expert Keith Porter the most. Scientists say a...
Modern earthquakes in US could be aftershocks from quakes in the 1800s, scientists say
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAftershocks from devastating earthquakes in the 1800s near the Missouri-Kentucky border and in...
Faster alerts for California megaquakes: Early-warning system gets major upgrade
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAn upgrade to California's earthquake early-warning system using GPS data will allow more timely...