Countless seismic faults just as dangerous as the one that triggered Monday's San Simeon earthquake are suspected to be lurking throughout the Bay Area. Scientists have known about some of these ...

Monday’s magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered four miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles was modest but packed quite a jolt. Although no major damage was reported, experts say the temblor was in the ...

As PG&E’s aging Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is up for a 20-year federal license renewal, one scientist cites new GPS data to suggest there’s a looming seismic threat from an active thrust fault ...

A new study shines a light on a system of earthquake faults in the San Francisco Bay Area that most residents don’t even know exists. The Foothill Thrust Belt faults are deep under Silicon Valley, and ...

LA HABRA (CBS/AP) — Experts say a bigger earthquake along the lesser-known fault that gave Southern California a moderate shake could do more damage to the region than the long-dreaded "Big One" from ...

Massive earthquake along Puente Hills thrust fault in Southern California could cause more damage than the predicted 'Big One' from the San Andreas Fault. Experts say a larger earthquake than the ...

It is a common trope in disaster movies: an earthquake strikes, causing the ground to rip open and swallow people and cars whole. The gaping earth might make for cinematic drama, but earthquake ...

In Japan and areas like the Pacific Northwest where megathrust earthquakes are common, scientists may be able to better forecast large quakes based on periodic increases and decreases in the rate of ...

Three hundred seventeen years ago, the last really Big One let loose in our area. A great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone ruptured a 600 to 700 mile-long fault from Humboldt County to ...

Scientists thought the Wilmington blind‐thrust fault that runs deep under the Los Angeles region had been dormant since the Late Pliocene era, millions of years ago. But a new study reveals that it’s ...