Researchers believe that California’s high percentage of overdue faults distorts the data used for creating earthquake forecasts, impacting the understanding of earthquake risks in other parts ...

The last major earthquake in the Bay Area occurred more than a decade ago, when an earthquake rattled Napa Valley in 2014. The 6.0 magnitude quake in Wine Country killed one person and injured 300 ...

A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare. Here's what to know about the risks.

Ten million people could have been notified by Google's Android Earthquake Alerts System before the 2023 disaster.

The fault has moved the curbs as much as a handspan, around 18 centimeters, since the time they were installed, up to 60 ...

If people wait 10 minutes after an earthquake to evacuate — the shaking itself would be the warning to flee — more than 3,150 are at risk of being killed or injured by tsunami in Del Norte ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the town of Petrolia in California Thursday at 10:44 a.m. local time, generating a tsunami warning stretching from southern Oregon to San Francisco.