California, known for its seismic activity due to several geological faults such as the famous San Andreas Fault, has always experienced several small quakes most of them which ca ...

A group of U.S. Geological Survey scientists scraped and studied the inside of a freshly dug trench just off the Rainbow Lake ...

Earthquakes rank among the deadliest natural disasters in the world, with many of them killing thousands. Experts warn the ‘Big One’ could come soon.

Earthquakes are no stranger to the United States, with hundreds of them happening every year. But with no major fault line ...

Geologists show how the earthquake's rupture direction may have affected who felt the strongest shaking on 5 April.

Some Northern California residents woke up to 3.6 magnitude earthquake Saturday morning, according to the United States ...

New research by Winnie Kortemeier, professor of geosciences at Western Nevada College, places Tahoe in the pantheon of ...

The 3.7 magnitude quake hit just after 2 a.m. Friday between Richmond and Ladysmith, B.C., very close to the U.S.-Canada ...

Historic occurrence of over twenty nuggets - each in excess of 10 ounces and attaining up to 2,316 ounces - coincident with ...

The Gas Company Tower, one of Los Angeles' tallest skyscrapers, may get a new lease on life if a sale goes through. But ...

Southeners have all heard the story about the large earthquake in the 1800s that caused the Mississippi River to "flow ...

Local poet and educator Michael Seeger pens a poem about the San Andreas Fault.