The fault, which is part of the San Andreas Fault system, produced two 6.2-magnitude earthquakes last century.

The 36th Anniversary of the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake prompted public awareness messages about earthquake preparedness. It also came as the U.S. Government shutdown has led to furloughs of ...

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck near San Juan Bautista on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake hit at 7:12 ...

A 3.2 earthquake struck the Central Coast early Thursday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake hit at 1:14 a.m. about 9 miles out from San Simeon. It had a depth of 3.4 miles.

Oct. 30—When the Loma Prieta earthquake sparked a massive fire in San Francisco's Marina District on the afternoon of of Oct. 17, 1989, live images of the blaze transmitted from the Goodyear blimp to ...

The exhibition ‘Prism of the Real’ at Tokyo’s National Art Center challenges the idea of Japan as a fixed national entity ...

An immersion program that helps preserve an Alaska Native language has been a boon to children displaced by last month's ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ), the average tropical cyclone, a category that ...

Southern California is seeing its most seismically active year in decades, but some cities near the epicenter of recent temblors have yet to require retrofits of many apartment buildings deemed most ...