It was the biggest earthquake in nearly nine decades in the region, which is not on a major fault, said Lucy Jones, a veteran California seismologist.

A rural area of Northern California experienced its strongest earthquake since 1940 on Wednesday morning, but it caused only ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Northern California on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

A rare pair of powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela just a minute apart — killing at least 920 people — is raising new questions for Californians about whether a similar ...

Authorities reported some injuries and widespread power outages affecting more than 6,000 residents in six towns near the epicentre ...

A magnitude-6.0 earthquake was reported early Tuesday afternoon in the Gulf of California. The quake, reported at 12:45 p.m., ...

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Record stress along the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults could trigger a major earthquake around Los Angeles.

California residents have been hearing about “The Big One” for decades. The term refers to a potentially catastrophic earthquake that will strike one of the state’s major fault systems, particularly ...

Earthquakes that shake the ground under Redding are a sign of something bigger happening deep below the far Northern California region, geologists say. The culprit is also responsible for much of what ...

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake rattled parts of Northern California early Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The about 5-mile deep quake hit at about 8:10 a.m. PST, about 7 miles ...